Alaska Day 11 - McCarthy to Valdez


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August 2nd 2012
Published: February 28th 2013
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Today begins with a little stress factor. Early rise after a not so early to bed to pack up, drive the almost 60 miles on gravel road out of McCarthy to a paved highway and hopefully without another flat tire, and then another 120 miles to Valdez before noon to catch the half day boat trip to Columbia Glacier in Prince William Sound and then check into a new place in Valdez for the next two nights... Read Full Entry



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90% of iceberg is underwater!!90% of iceberg is underwater!!
90% of iceberg is underwater!!

Can you imagine the size of this thing?
Increasing size AND numbersIncreasing size AND numbers
Increasing size AND numbers

Boat has slowed to be sure to clear largest ones
See the ice giving way from glacier?See the ice giving way from glacier?
See the ice giving way from glacier?

...Still don't hear anything - just the visual
Calving ice hits the waterCalving ice hits the water
Calving ice hits the water

...we can first now hear at the boat just the very beginning sounds of it starting to break away
Notice the water swell where ice hitNotice the water swell where ice hit
Notice the water swell where ice hit

We now hear at the boat the previous picture sound of ice sliding from the glacier. If we turned at the sound, would have missed the acutal event.
Calm/quite...last four pictures within one minuteCalm/quite...last four pictures within one minute
Calm/quite...last four pictures within one minute

You'd never know it had even occurred at this picture



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