[Endicott arm, AK, Aug 3, 2024] For our last full day on this cruise, we had another tidewater glacier viewing to look forward to. Overnight, the boat sailed down Endicott Arm, one of the fjords in the Boundary area south of Juneau. Endicott and nearby Tracy Arm, which runs parallel, are the most popular with…
[Juneau, AK, July 27, 2024] We woke up to the same cloudy weather as yesterday. First order of business was a stop at a Starbucks for coffee and breakfast. We hadn’t seen each other since February and although group chats and the occasional phone call kept us in touch, a more in-depth catch up session…
[Mount Grinnell, MT] Glaciers are moving ice. A glacier’s upper end – the accumulation zone – piles with snow and presses the glacier down the slope. This movement is what separates glaciers from static snowfields – a glacier has enough mass to move. A glacier needs to be at least 100 feet deep and 25…