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Our ship cabin boy made really cool towel sculpture everyday for us. I thought this monkey was particulary good. |
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I enjoyed our outside balcony as we entered Yakutat Bay toward the location of the famous Hubbard Glacier. |
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Linda loved this balcony for smoking. |
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Kathy always beats Conrad up in the morning. |
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The water did not have many ice bergs here. |
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As we approched the glacier the water was full of floating ice. |
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It was a bit cloudy but still great weather for Alaska. |
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The Hubbard Glacier is actually advancing, not receding as most glaciers are. |
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The water opened up as we got closer to the glacier. The captain said this was the closest of the year for him. |
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The captain turned the ship so both port and starboard had a view. |
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The glacier was breaking loose into the water called calfing. |
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It cracked like a gun. |
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This was a big one. |
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It created a wake that would have been a problem for a small ocean kayak. |
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The sun came out here for a couple of minutes. |
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A nice falls. People on the ship did screaming to entice more calfing. |
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The top of this glacier was quite jagged. |
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We stayed near the glacier about 2 hours so we decided to switch locations to the bow of the ship. |
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The interior of the lounges were decorated lavishly. |
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They even had a pool hall with some sort of self leveling legs on the tables. |
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An exercise class in progress. |
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We stayed at the glacier about 2 hours and were now leaving. Apparently only one large ship at a time has room to enter the bay. |
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Seeing this glacier close from a large ship has been one of my fantasies come true, thanks to Conrad and Kathy's generosity and persistance to entice us to join them. |