Watching calving Margerie Glacier at Glacier Bay and arriving in Seward, Alaska

This is Margerie Glacier in Glacier Bay. It was cold here. When a big piece breaks off, it is called "calving" and it comes with a big thunder like sound, or a blast of explosion even. It is a really spectacular thing to watch live.

Here is a video of Margerie Glacier "calving",.. this is the name for pieces of a glacier falling off. The sound that comes with this event is like a cannon shot! Absolutely breathtaking to see in real life.



Glaciers can easily reach heights of over 3000 feet and basically do whatever the hell they want. For instance, in Glacier Bay, ice reached all the way into what is now called "Icy Strait" back in 1750. In the 1800's, the glaciers had already retreated back to land. Some years over 15 miles of retreating had taken place in just one year. This image shows the years and position of the glacier terminus.

Margerie Glacier is located where you see the year 1912 in the picture below. 

Ice cave in the glacier

Glacier waterfall

Finally, after Glacier Bay we arrived in Seward, Alaska on July 6th. This is the final destination of the cruise-part of our trip. We will disembark the ms Statendam here and continue our trip on land.......ROAD TRIP!!!

Arriving in the harbor of Seward, Alaska. The reason I took this picture is because the sun was shining beautifully on the hills in the back.

Seward, Alaska - entering the bay

This is where we disembark the ship

Bye bye ms Statendam! It was a pleasure!

Only 2072 miles to the North Pole! Almost there!  :)

Harbor of Seward, Alaska

Harbor of Seward, Alaska - notice ms Statendam in the back

A street in Seward. So cute and quaint

We spent most of the day in this cute coffee house called the Sea Bean in this street.

Humpback whales on the side of a building :) We saw these in real life! Whoohoo!!

At 6.00 p.m. we will take the Alaska Railroad - Gold Star train to Anchorage! It is a train ride with a glass rooftop: check out the next blog!