Day 69
CANAL BALLENERO, CHILE
Rocking and rolling right out of bed last night I woke up at 4am. Now completely aware of the creaking and moaning of the ship and the tide and flow of the great swells of the open ocean. I got out of bed and snuck onto the deck. The first glimmer of twighlight was turning a rich blue over mountains in the distance and the winds were calm. The serenity of the scene put me back to bed.
10:15
Late for Glacierology class! Gotta run.
2pm
Landing on the Pia Fjord and Glacier
I wish this blog had sound! Because the true experience of this landing was LISTENING. After going ahore we hiked to a lookout where the Glacier lay before us. As we stood high on the hill we had treked up, you would hear these deafening cracking sounds. And then as you stood there in stunned silence.....a SMASH..would eco through the inlet and a massive snowfall would break away from the Glacier and cascade into the sea.
Scientists say Glaciers are living things. Today we saw, with our own eyes, evidence of the truth in this.
6pm:
Announcement on the PA! We are entering the AVENUE OF tHE GLACIERS.
Everyone reported quickly to the top deck and we began our passage.
One after another we passed just 100 feet from the tumbling mountains of ice.
The Glaciers of this cooridor are named:
France, Germany, and Italy. And in the spirit of celebration the crew served us saussage and beer as we passed Germany, Pizza and wine in Italy, and cheese and champagne as we sailed past France. WHAT A GREAT PARTY WEHAD!
10PM:
After dinner we are called to the meeting area for a briefing. The captain explained to us that if the waters were too rough we would not make it to Cape Horn. And that even if we did make it around......there was no guarantee the shore was stable enough for a landing. The Captain suggested a drink and an early night. It could be a rough ride.
Too excited with anticipation to sleep, Rich and I took glasses of Port to the lounge and watched a movie on Global Warming. I do believe it was more terrifying than the high seas.
After the movie we retired to bed a little drunk and exhausted.
I did not wake again until I heard the PA blare to life.
CANAL BALLENERO, CHILE
Rocking and rolling right out of bed last night I woke up at 4am. Now completely aware of the creaking and moaning of the ship and the tide and flow of the great swells of the open ocean. I got out of bed and snuck onto the deck. The first glimmer of twighlight was turning a rich blue over mountains in the distance and the winds were calm. The serenity of the scene put me back to bed.
10:15
Late for Glacierology class! Gotta run.
2pm
Landing on the Pia Fjord and Glacier
I wish this blog had sound! Because the true experience of this landing was LISTENING. After going ahore we hiked to a lookout where the Glacier lay before us. As we stood high on the hill we had treked up, you would hear these deafening cracking sounds. And then as you stood there in stunned silence.....a SMASH..would eco through the inlet and a massive snowfall would break away from the Glacier and cascade into the sea.Scientists say Glaciers are living things. Today we saw, with our own eyes, evidence of the truth in this.
6pm:
Announcement on the PA! We are entering the AVENUE OF tHE GLACIERS.
Everyone reported quickly to the top deck and we began our passage.One after another we passed just 100 feet from the tumbling mountains of ice.
The Glaciers of this cooridor are named:
France, Germany, and Italy. And in the spirit of celebration the crew served us saussage and beer as we passed Germany, Pizza and wine in Italy, and cheese and champagne as we sailed past France. WHAT A GREAT PARTY WEHAD!
10PM:After dinner we are called to the meeting area for a briefing. The captain explained to us that if the waters were too rough we would not make it to Cape Horn. And that even if we did make it around......there was no guarantee the shore was stable enough for a landing. The Captain suggested a drink and an early night. It could be a rough ride.
Too excited with anticipation to sleep, Rich and I took glasses of Port to the lounge and watched a movie on Global Warming. I do believe it was more terrifying than the high seas.
After the movie we retired to bed a little drunk and exhausted.
I did not wake again until I heard the PA blare to life.
posted by The Herald Family at 8:15 AM
3 Comments:
When Alex and I were in Switzerland we hiked up to the base of the Eiger Glacier and I rememmber just sitting there across the big canyon listening and watching as the snow fell. That is so cool! And you are so right about the sound, I had forgotten till I read your blog.
And I have to say, I have never seen you in sunglasses as much as this trip, they look good on ya!
Sounds absolutely amazing. We just tivo'd the moving on global warming that al gore produced...so this will definitely be interesting to keep in mind as we watch it. To literally hear and/or see the glacier falling is probably a phenominal thing to see but also quite a reality check for what is happening all around us everyday.
Love the pics - thanks!
xoxoxox
Glacier Avenue; a wonderful sight. I am hoping Bryce, Gabriela, and Maria all can show their kids the same someday.
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