Fjords and Frozen

Wednesday June 11, 2025

Day 3 at sea 

We woke up with an extra hour of sleep due to a time zone change! This body is going to have a hard time adjusting back to Indiana time.  We are now 4 hours off from Indy!

We were greeted with a much different day today…sunny and calm.   The distant mountains provided stunning views with the smiling snowcaps.  

We saw a small boat heading our way, and it must have been a passenger left behind.  The boat sidled up to the ship and unloaded two people with rolling suitcases!  It seemed like it came from the middle of nowhere!  We never did find out the details, but I’m glad the passengers made it.

We were also treated to dolphins and whale sightings along the way.  It’s almost as if they were performing for the ship.   Two large whales breached and showed their tails and a huge cheer went up from the ship!

Today we are travelling to the Dawes Glacier.  The captain explained that we would enter one “arm” of the fjord (the Endicott arm).  As we were entering, another ship was leaving...

  Once we entered the fjord, it would take us about 2 hours to reach the glacier.  The views along the way were breathtaking…snow covered peaks, waterfalls, ice floes, etc. 

Seeing the waterfalls coming from the snow capped mountains along with the floating ice makes you realize how cold the water must be!  

We saw several seals sunbathing on the ice chunks.  

As we entered the fjord, the water became still, the color of the water changed to a beautiful teal green, and the number of ice floes increased as we inched closer and closer to the glacier.  

We were all surprised at how far into the inlet the ship ventured.  Then the captain turned the boat sideways to give everyone a good view of the glacier.  It was spectacular!  

The ship was nestled in very close…it seemed we were surrounded by rock mountains, and we got some great pictures of the glacier. 

The crew commented that we were so lucky to get a nice sunny day for the glacier viewing.  The kids got out of the pool to enjoy the view!  

And then we spent quite a bit of time just glacier- gazing! 

As if that wasn’t enough for a complete day, it was also Frozen day…a take-off on the movie.   It made an appropriate theme for the day.   Our crew dressed up for the occasion as characters from the movie. 

And the dinner menu was perfectly themed, with everything from drinks to dessert.