Prince William Sound Glaciers

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June 25th 2007

Published: June 25th 2007

alright, the glacier cruise. we drove down to whittier, about an hour south of Anchorage to catch the boat. the population of Whittier is about 200 or so. Most of the residents live in one of two condo buildings that are connected to the school and downtown by a system of tunnels since they get such an enormous amount of snowfall every year. unfortunately the kidddies don't get snow days but they... Read Full Entry

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The Other Glacier2

Me in front of the other glaciers.

The Other Glacier3

The Other Glacier4

Ok, so if you look carefully about 2/3 of the way to the right hand side of this photo you can see an orange speck? That's a tent. There were five kayakers camped out next to the glacier, I'm not sure if the website resizes photos but I hope you can see it - it's just after the green. It might help with the whole perspective thing.

Me, cold.

And tired of being photographed!!

Serious Jono

This is his thinkin' face. So hot.

Snuggles

Us, being schmoopy. Sigh :)

The Birds

Here are the zillions of birds. They were everywhere, for about a mile and up the whole side of the mountain. It was neat but also kind of creepy. I stayed inside the boat.

Portage1

Here's the Portage glacier. Well, the building on the left is the visitors' center, which you used to be able to view the glacier from. Now, there's a huge lake with this enormous chunk of ice in it. Google it - even the ice chunk used to be bigger.

Portage2

The Portage chunk.

Portage3

This is where the Portage glacier is today - see that whitish blue area between the snowcapped mountains to the right? That's it.

Me, Jon & the Portage Chunk

Jono at Portage

Caribou

Chillin'

Muskox

So this is what Jon ate, now doesn't that look appetizing? MMMMMmmmm. Let's eat something that looks like it's been alive for ten thousand years!!

Yahoo!! No longer an endangered species!

The Alpine Meadow

Brown Bear1

29th June 2007

Paul
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I was right?
Maurice told me that You indicated that i was right about the trip! Ya should have let me go in your place, darn it, i hate it when I'm right,. Keep sending the pics, They are outstanding!!!

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