Photos from Girdwood, Alaska, United States, North America

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Sunny Seward

Transportation for the day

Flowers at Alyeska

Alyeska Resort

View from my room

YUM

Pooped puppy

Hikers on the mountain

Um ok...

View from the tram

Heading up

View along Seward Highway

Harbor Seals Seem Playful All the Time (an Orca Is Out of the Neighborhood)

This Iceberg Extends About 8-10 Feet Above the Water – About 1/8 of Its Total Thickness (or 70-80 Feet)

This Glacier, Where I Captured the Calving Event, Approaches 100 Feet Thick at the Tidal Interface

It Was Quite Obvious that Some Serious Calving Had Recently Occurred

Each iceberg Had Its Own Unique Shape

The Black Line Is the Medial Moraine Which Results When the Lateral Moraines of Two Glaciers Merging into One – Lateral Moraines Form at the Sides of a Glacier as It Moves Forward

The Iceberg Density Increased the Closer We Got to the Glacier

Note the 30-40-Foot Pine Trees in the Foreground – The Grandeur and Magnitude Is Impossible for Me to Put into Words

Not Quite a Mirror but Pretty Darn Close

We Passed Several Icebergs as We Approached the Glacier Where I Captured the Video

Orcas Anyone?

Or This

I’m Not Sure How It Can Get Much Better Than This

After a While, the Scenery Was No Longer “Breathtaking” but Merely Drop, Dead Gorgeous

Stellar Sea Lions Lazing Away the Day

A Half Dozen or so Glaciers Adorn This View – I Couldn’t Keep Up, so Will Not Supply Errant Names for Any

It Wasn’t Long Before We Encountered Our First Glacier

Waterfalls, from a Mere Trickle to a Significant Water Flow, Were Too Abundant to Count

Our Dining Seats Offered a Decent View

Our Excursion Boat Was Big but Dwarfed by the Cruise Ship

The View from the Top, Well, It Was Pretty Nice Too on This Beautiful, Sunny Day

The Tram Offered Some Interesting Shots

There Goes the Train

Here Comes the Train!

The Early Morning Fog Lifted Before We Passed Through the Tunnel

The Operation Was Quite an Endeavor in the Day

This Rare Mineral Specimen Is Very Interesting

Much of the History Is Presented in Photographs

Many of the Historical Buildings Are Open but Angry Clouds Kept Us from Participating

The Glacial Path – Coming Right at Ya!

I Wonder the Flow of the Little Susitna River During Spring Runoff

The Mountain Peak Is Hiding Up There Somewhere

Here Moosie, Moosie, Moosie!!!

Beauty Is Around Just About Just Every Curve

Everybody on Kodiak Island Survived the Initial Tsunami, but Eighteen People Died in Secondary Waves as They Though a Tsunami Wave Was a Single Event

The Story of Red and Delbert Ferrier Is One of Courage and … Luck

Much of the Information Is Contained in Placards and Photographs

The New Town Site Is Four Miles from the Old Site

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