Views of Sequim, the Olympic Peninsula. . .and beyond
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.
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.
I was surprised to see so many mountain tops with such vastly differing geology.
It was incredible to take our zodiacs into the icefields, surrounded by icebergs and glaciers. The ice sounds like rice krispies in milk!
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.
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
I have just returned from a 17 day “life bucket” trip to the high arctic. It has been on the books for 4 years. But Covid put a blanket on that for several years.
It was beyond amazing and I’m going to take a week to show some highlights, and then throw some others in on Faraway Fridays.
This shot was taken at the permanent Ice Edge at 82 degrees north in uncharted waters above Nordaustlandet Norway. The bear here was about 2 football fields away peaking over the edge of an ice berg (see below)
He got up and started speed walking toward us, jumping from ice flat to ice flat.
These guys can REALLY MOVE!