Alaska -- Day Nine -- Glacier Bay

Today our ship went into Glacier Bay National Park. You can only experience this National Park by boat or by plane. They allow two cruise ships in a day and they choose the cruise ships by the ones which offer the best educational events. Two rangers and a Tlingit woman boarded our ship by a rope ladder when we arrived at the Visitor Center. One of the rangers spoke about the glaciers, which was broadcast to all the outer decks of the ship.

It took Bryan and I awhile to decide on a place to be in which we would not freeze to death. It was not a beautiful day. It rained most of the day. We finally settled on some chaise lounges on the lower promenade deck.

We saw the Lumplugh, Margerie And Grand Pacific glaciers. The Lumplugh glacier is beautifully blue. The Margerie glacier is a balanced glacier and we saw it calf repeatedly. There is something so serene and majestic about floating quietly by these massive ice formations as they creak, groan and fall into the sea.

We also saw many bald eagles perched on ice bergs and soaring through the skies.