Glacier Bay

At 6:00 in the morning Glacier Bay Park Rangers, an Alaska Native Voices Cultural Ambassador and Alaska Geographic Representatives ran a small boat alongside the cruise ship and boarded while the ship was in motion.  Activities started early with wildlife spotting on the deck at 5:30 am.  We slept through all this.  

Looks like the rest of the answer got cut off.  Here it is, " consolidates the rocks, so that the glacier looks more like land than ice."

We were seeing small icebergs at 7:30 am. 

The divider was open between our cabin and our friend's cabin next door. They weren't on the verandah, so a gull decided to claim it.

Once it saw we were taking photos, it turned around the other way.  This must be its "good" side. 

We saw an otter swimming then it climbed onto this small berg.  This is where my phone shows its poor camera abilities.  I'm taking a real camera on trips until I get a phone that takes decent photos. 

At the end of the Tar inlet is the Grand Pacific Glacier.  See the answer to why it is so dirty in a previous photo.  

Looks like a cave on the front of Grand Pacific Glacier.

Grand Pacific on the right and Margerie Glacier on the left.

Did you read the info at the start and remember how large Margerie Glacier is?  One MILE wide and 200 FEET tall.  

As the ship started back down the inlet, it opened up the vista and we could see more of the Grand Pacific Glacier. 

This glacier on the other side of the inlet wasn't named on the maps we had. 

We headed back down Tar Inlet and, when we got to Russell Island, we headed up the Johns Hopkins Inlet. 

Russell Island behind us

As we turn, we see Lamplugh Glacier

Beautiful scenery on other side of inlet.

I believe the announcer said we were 5 miles from Johns Hopkins Glacier at this point. 

Turning to go back down the inlet.

In the afternoon, I went to the Native Voices: Stories of the Tlingit People presentation narrated by the Alaska Native Voices Cultural Ambassador.  He had some great wildlife photos, so I took some photos of the screen. 

Didn't get to see a puffin while I was in Alaska. 

I have to confess that I always thought they were saying Klingit when they were saying Tlingit.

The Native Voices Cultural Ambassador

Towel animal in our room.  Looks like a crab to me.