We awoke to see ice in the water. We were
approaching the Hubbard Glacier, which is the largest tidewater glacier in
North America. By 8am, the large glacier was clearly in sight, with the
smaller, dirtier Turner Glacier to its left.
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| At Hubbard Glacier |
We had a great time at the Hubbard. While there
was some light rain, we had a very clear view of the glacier, which stretches
miles across the bay. The terminal wall glistened with the pale blue colour of
glacier ice as we crept closer. In fact, the ship come less than 100m from the
320 foot high wall. It was clearly an exception view, both in terms of
visibility and how close we approached – so much so that the crew were coming
out and taking photographs. Occasional rifle-shot sounds heralded calving events,
though this glacier was less active in this regard than the Margerie yesterday.
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| Blue ice on the face of Hubbard Glacier |
We spent about an hour at the glacier, with the
captain taking the ship through a slow rotation. The ship then headed off
towards the open sea,
This was our last full day on the ship. We relaxed
and caught up with our reading. We also packed our bags and prepared to leave
early tomorrow.
Dinner was in the Churrascaria restaurant. Cuts of meat are barbequed on long skewers abn brought to your table progressively. They keep bringing meat of various sorts (beef, lamb, chicken, pork, ribs, sausages) until you say "stop". The meat was actually very good.
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