Alaska - 26 Glaciers Tour

11 Sep 05 on a 4.5 hour catamaran tour of 26 glaciers. It was a good tour but not really exciting until we got to the "Surprise" Glacier which calved in a huge way just after we got there. I got four action shots of it as a huge chunk of the face fell off. The 137 foot Klondike Express ran, at the fastest, 41MPH and threw out 50' rooster tails behind it.

The tour began in Whittier on the Prince William Sound and pretty much covered 135 miles of Port Wells. Most of the glaciers you see are from the College Fjord until you get to the brilliant blue (where I took most of the pics) glacier called the Surprise Glacier in the Barry Arm.

Click on a picture for a larger, higher resolution view.

Look at them rooster tails!	IMGA0078.JPG	Sea Otters
Sea Otters	IMGA0081.JPG	IMGA0082.JPG
IMGA0083.JPG	IMGA0084.JPG	IMGA0085.JPG
IMGA0086.JPG	IMGA0088.JPG	IMGA0089.JPG
IMGA0090.JPG	IMGA0092.JPG	Rachel and me
Rachel and me	IMGA0095.JPG	Rachel and Matt
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Coming up to Surprise Glacier	Surprise Glacier - Look at that brilliant blue	Surprise Glacier
Surprise Glacier	Waterfall at Surprise Glacier	Surprise Glacier
Surprise Glacier	Surprise Glacier	Surprise Glacier
Surprise Glacier	Surprise Glacier	Surprise Glacier
Surprise Glacier	Surprise Glacier	Surprise Glacier
Surprise Glacier	Surprise Glacier	Surprise Glacier
Surprise Glacier	Surprise Glacier	A huge calving of an entire face
The Big Calve	The Big Calve	The End of the Calve
Surprise Glacier	Surprise Glacier	Sea Otters
Surprise Glacier	Surprise Glacier	Surprise Glacier
Rachel and me	Surprise Glacier	Surprise Glacier
Surprise Glacier	Surprise Glacier	Surprise Glacier
Surprise Glacier	Barry Glacier	Barry Glacier
Barry Glacier	Barry Glacier	Click this one! See the people on deck?
Matt Slept Alot	Matt Sleeping Some More	The Klondike Express