Glacier Bay

Well, the Patter indicated that we’d be able to start seeing things as early as about 6AM.  Well, looked out the balcony door at 6AM, and about all we could see was a wall of fog.  Cleared up a bit later, and by the time we’d really entered the park proper things had largely cleared out.  Not a whole lot of ice in the water, so we were able to get in, visit Marjorie Glacier, then get far enough in to look down towards another glacier near the end of the fjord (name of glacier escapes me right now).  As we got close to Marjorie Glacier the ranger acting as spotter at the front of the ship indicated that he saw a bear off on the side, but nobody else had any luck spotting it.  Saw a couple of seals or otters near the glacier (hard to tell which they were).

On the way out, heading through Icy Straight, saw more humpback whales.  Also saw a few otters with their heads and feet sticking out of the water.  Shortly after Icy Straight we hit another fog bank, so didn’t see much else in the evening.