Alaska Photos

These photos are from our Alaska cruise, July 10–17, 2009.

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On the ship

1. Leaving Vancouver:

   

2. Phuong relaxing:

   

3. Dan facing off with a statue of a sumo wrestler:

   

4. Dan makes a startling discovery:

   

5. On the deck at 10:15pm — an illustration of how far north we traveled; this part of Alaska gets 18 hours of sun per day in July:

   

Ketchikan

6. Phuong in front of our ship, in Ketchikan:

   

7. Creek Street, in Ketchikan:

   

8. Size does matter!:

   

9. Dan enjoying the view from the aft deck:

   

Juneau & environs

10. Bears at the Mendenhall Glacier, near Juneau:

    

11. Mendenhall Glacier, near Juneau:

    

12. Dan sliding down a rock face:

    

13. Phuong panned for gold but was disappointed to find none:

    

14. Wingspan exhibit at the injured eagle sanctuary in Juneau:

    

15. Cruise ships from a mountaintop overlooking Juneau; we climbed a long way!:

    

Skagway & hike to the Laughton Glacier

16. Narrow-gauge railway from Skagway to a helipad 4 miles from the Laughton Glacier:

    

17. Scary train ride:

    

18. Laughton Glacier, viewed from 3 miles away:

    

19. View from the same spot as the last photo, turned 180 degrees:

    

20. Climbing up the rocky bank of a seasonal river of glacier-melt water:

    

21. Laughton Glacier, viewed from 1.5 miles away:

    

22. Edge of Laughton Glacier #1:

    

23. Edge of Laughton Glacier #2:

    

24. Cleats designed to fit over hiking boots to climb onto the main plane of the glacier:

    

25. Lunch break on the Laughton Glacier:

    

26. Lunch break on the Laughton Glacier:

    

27. Main plane of Laughton Glacier, viewed from our lunch break; the vertical portion is still 2 miles away:

    

28. Drinking glacial runoff:

    

29. Our co-hikers next to a big boulder illustrates the deceiving visual scale:

    

30. Main plane of the glacier; the vertical portion is still nearly 1 mile away:

    

31. Closest approach to the vertical portion of the glacier (still over ½-mile away):

    

32. View from the train on the way back to the port, after the hike:

    

Hubbard Glacier

33. Yukatat bay, approaching the Hubbard Glacier:

    

34. Sides of Disenchantment Bay, on close approach to Hubbard Glacier:

    

35. Sides of Disenchantment Bay, on close approach to Hubbard Glacier:

    

36. Hubbard Glacier, viewed from our stateroom window, across the ship's helipad:

    

37. Approaching closer to the Hubbard Glacier, standing on the ship's helipad:

    

38. Hey look! I found a glacier!:

    

39. They refused to let me off the ship to go climbing:

    

40. Fissures in the Hubbard Glacier, viewed from about 1 mile away:

    

41. Enjoying the view (and the cold):

    

42. Chunks of ice constantly fall off the face, into Disenchantment Bay:

    

43. We saw this small iceberg calve off the glacier:

    

Miscellaneous

44. Crab appetizer at Icy Strait Point:

    

45. View from the Seward Highway, on the way to Anchorage to fly home:

    

46. Rest stop on the Seward Highway:

    

47. Purple flower:

    

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