The SUN! The SUN! We actually had a sunny day today!! 10 days into our cruise, we had our first sunny day. After overcast days and many rainy days, the sun was very welcome. Any since this is our glacier helicopter day, it came none too soon. Today's first picture is Mary and I on the helicopter, ready to take off. As you can see we were pretty excited to be repeating this excursion that we enjoyed so much in 2005. We spent the morning shopping in Skagway, followed by lunch on the ship, then we got ready for our afternoon excursion.
Once on the glacier, we were lead on a stroll across its very rocky surface. There were actually very large bounders, up to 4 feet by 3 feet by 3 feet in size. Quite amazing.
We were also shown several large holes (called moulins) in the ice, leading deep into the glacier and often several hundred feet to the bottom.
It always amazing me to see streams and waterfalls like these on a glacier. But when you are in the melt zone, that's what happens. When we were watching Marjorie Glacier in Glacier Bay I took some video of a large water flow running out from under the center of the glacier. 
It always amazing me to see streams and waterfalls like these on a glacier. But when you are in the melt zone, that's what happens. When we were watching Marjorie Glacier in Glacier Bay I took some video of a large water flow running out from under the center of the glacier. 
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