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August 15, 2016 · 5:35 am

Departing Glacier Bay Aboard the Norwegian Sun

Wrangell–St. Elias

The Norwegian Sun sailed back out through the John Hopkins Inlet. Once again we passed by both the John Hopkins and Lamplugh glaciers.

John Hopkins Glacier

Glacier Bay

Lamplugh Glacier

One fun photo subject are the mini icebergs dotting the bay. Many seem to magically take on the shape of animals.

Mini Iceberg

Our next stop was Hubbard Glacier, which will star in my next blog post. Until then, I’m going to leave you with some images taken after we left Hubbard Glacier and cruised past the incredibly tall peaks contained within the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, which encompasses both the Saint Elias and Wrangell mountain ranges.

Wrangell–St. Elias

Whale Tail

Wrangell–St. Elias

Glacier Bay

Wrangell–St. Elias

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August 12, 2016 · 5:35 am

Fun Photo Friday — Portage Glacier Favorites

Frozen in Time

Below is today’s gallery of Portage Glacier favorites. I hope you enjoyed this brief stop on our Alaskan tour.

Granite à la mode

Ice and Granite

Scraping out a Trench

Cold Blue

Mountain of Ice

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August 10, 2016 · 5:35 am

Cruising Portage Lake and Getting Close to Portage Glacier

Statues of Ice (310mm)

The MV Ptarmigan gets very close to Portage Glacier, much closer that the Norwegian Sun got to either Margerie or Hubbard.

Beautiful blues (330mm)

This proximity allows for some spectacular closeups of glacial ice and its incredible bluish tints.

Beautiful blues (330mm)

Just how close did we get? Most of the photos below were taken at the 35mm equivalent of between 150 and 200mm. Some were shot at an equivalent of 330mm, and only one was taken at my Panasonic FZ1000’s maximum zoom range of 400mm. Yeah, we got that close. Below is today’s gallery. Click to enlarge and begin the slide show.