One of my favourite days on our Alaskan cruise was the one we spent cruising around Glacier Bay. It was spectacular. It started with lectures from the National Parks rangers who had come on board to educate us on the history and all things relating to Glacier Bay. I was fascinated as we have nothing like this is Australia. Mother natures grandeur was amazing.
On the day we were visiting the rangers told us that two brown bears were walking along the shoreline. I didn’t see them but many others did. I did however see some otters floating on some ice as we cruised past.
We stopped at three glaciers throughout the day. Lamplugh Glacier and John Hopkins as well as Margerie Glacier. All were different and spectacular in their own way. We were able to hear calving but I personally didn’t see any of the ice come crashing off the glaciers.
The major disappointment we had was that the weather was turning bad so the Captain cancelled our trip to the Hubbard Glacier the next day, which I am told is the most spectacular. Oh well that just means that we have to go on another Alaskan cruise.
