Most of the ice bergs were blue. It has something to do with compression.
But most of them looked like giant gem stones.
Faraway Friday-Artic Gems
Category: Travels
Arctic day 7: I heart icebergs!
I always thought icebergs were just floating white mountains with their tops sticking out. They are all different shades of blue and clear.. This one had a heart melting from within… Was it sending a message?
We had amazing weather for our journey. We often had waters so calm that we could capture reflections.
Arctic day 6-A big girl!
This was a big girl! You can tell females from males because females have necks! That is why only females are collard for research. The males necks are bigger than their heads and the collars slip right off.
Arctic day 5: So much texture
I was surprised to see so many mountain tops with such vastly differing geology.
Artic Day 4: Monacobreen
It was incredible to take our zodiacs into the icefields, surrounded by icebergs and glaciers. The ice sounds like rice krispies in milk!
Arctic day 3: Walrus Wash
This female walrus (females tusks point together-males point outward so they can poke each other) got quite a bath trying to make her way back to shore.
Arctic day 2: Ny Alesund
The Glaciers were enormous and very blue. Note the tiny lil zodiacs on the bottom left.
The ice bergs were breathtaking AND dangerous.
On our first day’s outing a zodiac hit an underwater iceberg. It sliced the side open and two participants immediately flipped over backwards into the 38 degree water. They were promptly rescued by crew in 17 seconds according to the ships video. BRRRRR
Also 2 weeks before another expedition ship hit an iceberg and put a hole in the hull that had to be repaired at sea…Our ship on one occasion veered at 30 degrees to avoid an iceberg leaving everyone on board a little shaky