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Chugg out of Skagway and cruise north, toward the famous College Fjord, (named as it is a 'fjord', and its several glaciers are named after big time colleges, eg Harvard, Yale, et al), and then the famous Glacier Bay.
Besides the glacier walk, this is what most tourists come to see on an Alaska cruise: mtn lined bays with glaciers. The problem is, it comes on day 6 of a 7 day cruise, the weather could be crummy, (ours was blindingly sunny), this 1,000 ft boat can get only so close in and is under a time slot allotment, and all 4,000 passengers pack the rails, as we are all on board...
Good stuff to see, though it pales a bit if one has been to the Antarctic peninsula, as we have. The very sunny, hazy day with its point of solarity making for very contrasty/some back lit pic shooting conditions, was a test of exposures, polarizing filter, etc. And, my fookin Canon 40D was glitching for most of these 2 weeks in Alaska, and after, so I was often stuck on an ISO or white bal setting that was not what I needed for the 'next shot'.
Some typical postcard shots attached...more in the next posts, coming right up, if my upload 'speed' hangs on.
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