As we wait to pick up the rangers, we get a little ice carving lesson.
As we wait to pick up the rangers, we get a little ice carving lesson.
Here come the rangers - they will accompany us while we're in the park.
Everyone is out enjoying the view.
We spot a couple of harbor seals.
One of our lookouts.
Out here, you lose all perspective of the size of things.
See that tiny boat next to the glacier.
Gee it's getting bigger.
That little boat is a cruise ship.
A captain and his crew of ice birds on an iceburg
This is the Margerie Glacier. Over a mile across and 300 feet high.
As I was taking this picture of this 'small' boat, the glacier
calved right behind it with a huge explosion.
As we get close, we can see a river of dirty water being pressed
out of the glacier. The water is full of silt from the land scraped
by this tremendous force of ice movement.
As I zoom in close, you can see how blue the ice is.
We were told that it takes 100 inches of snow to compress into 2 inches of blue ice.
Because it is so dense, that is why it is blue.
While we were there, the glacier calved more than it had in the last 3 months. So it was quite a show.
My camera was clicking as fast as it would go
You can't believe the thunder of noise that it makes when it falls.
Or the size of the wave it makes. Some of those pieces are as big as a 20-story building.
Look it's a bird, it's a plane, it's a bald eagle!
These look like ice ducks.
Looks like a gator to me.
Ending a great day in Glacier National Park
Tomorrow we will be in Skagway, see you then1
Ralph , Prilly, Sue, Bill, & Gwyn