We have been very lucky with the weather in Glacier Bay and this morning was no different
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A sunny start to the day helped Karianne and Erling spot the wild strawberry and get some vitamins for breakfast. (Eagle eye Suominen can probably spot them in thick fog, he plays in a different league when it comes to spotting things in nature)
We waited a bit so we could get advantage of following current as the tide fell.
We did a small detour so that we could have a view to a glacier at our lunch break. It was a sad sight. No ice to be seen, it was all covered in rock and debris. The glaciers of Glacial Bay seem to be vanishing fast.
The paddle after lunch was a longish, hard and uneventful slog, unless you managed to take some interest in the carbonate geology of the barren cliffs we were paddling past. Hardly a whale to break the monotony. And always the sound of diesel engines.
We found a ok shielded campsite just as we were running out of steam
And there was still a bit of whisky and a bit of well aged ice left
Tomorrow before lunch will be more of the same, but then we get into the east arm of Glacier Bay, we look forwards to see how that differs (or not) from the west arm.
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