Most of this day really qualifies as a day at sea, then with some scenic cruising in College Fjord conveniently timed to line up with the dinner hour. Unfortunately, it also means it’s the day to pack things up, since it’s get off the ship early tomorrow morning. So we spent a while in the early part of the day gathering everything together into the separate suitcases, 2 of which follow us to Denali, 2 of which we’ll see again in Fairbanks.
College Fjord wasn’t bad, with several glaciers that reach the water. Ice conditions were good, so we made it all the way back to Harvard Glacier, which is quite impressive. It also was fairly active while we were there, with several chunks calving off. Unfortunately, the biggest of those was while we were still headed straight at the glacier, and we hadn’t thought to head up front on the ship, so only could sorta see it. A fair amount of other pieces falling, but nothing quite as big. Bunch of seals hanging out near the glacier, and on the way in and out we did see some otters and some porpoises.
Tomorrow morning it’s get up way too early to catch the train to Denali. Something like a
10 to 11 hour train trip.