Experiencing Wondrous Alaska- Glaciers
A lot of planning, debates and discussions, post which #Alaska happened for us. One word 'Paradise', we knew it, but feeling it was 'unbelievably incredìble!', to say the least!
This was our longest trip so far, 10 days. This post is about our visiting three #Fjords out of some 10 to 12 fjords in Alaska.
This was our longest trip so far, 10 days. This post is about our visiting three #Fjords out of some 10 to 12 fjords in Alaska.
The first was in #kenai Peninsula, the #Holgate #glacier . The experience we had at the first sight of it was jaw dropping! Until that moment, fjords/glaciers, were only in geography books. The process of #Calving, that happened from time to time had a confounding effect on us! Calving is when chunks of ice breaks loose from the edges of a glacier and at that time it also makes kind of an extremely powerful thundering sound. Holgate has those more frequently than the other two.
The other two were, #Matanuska glacier and #Portage glacier. Portage had these amazing icy blue crevices at different places, which shone like crystals! Matanuska glacier, at 43km long and 6km wide is the largest glacier accessible by car in the United States.
We visited the other two by waterways. There are no direct roads upto those glaciers.
Since it was summer, the temps were somewhere around in the 25+ deg C/ 77+ deg F. Yes, Alaska had those temps. Global warming it is. Indeed! One good thing was, we did not need to wrap ourselves up like a burrito except for Holgate, because it was far off into the ocean and was fiercely windy that day.
Here are some pictures of those three monumental Fjords.
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| Matanuska glacier |
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| Matanuska again |
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| Holgate glacier at Kenai |
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| Holgate glacier at Kenai |
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| Calving happening at Holgate |
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| Holgate glacier at Kenai |
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| Holgate glacier at Kenai |
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