College Fjord

College Fjord - Day 6. We were on the ship all day and it was a cold, misty, foggy day. We were thinking we would not be able to see much of anything because it was so 'messy' out. I spent most of the day in the room journaling, reading and packing for tomorrow's departure. And I napped...ahh, how I miss being able to nap when I wanted.

We approached the College Fjord and it was still foggy. But God blessed us, immensely, in lifting that fog by the time we got next to the glaciers and revealed the beauty of this cove. The biggest glacier was 1 1/2 miles wide at the mouth and our 9 story cruise ship was looking eye to eye, if not smaller. There were countless waterfalls. We even witnessed a piece of the ice break off and fall. It sounded like a loud crack of thunder followed by a big splash. SO COOL. The naturalist came on the overcom and announced two things I thought are worth mentioning - 1) we were fortunate to see the ice break/fall in the few moments were we there. 2) we were able to get closer to the glacier than most of the other cruises because the icebergs were cleared...which allowed us to get less than a MILE away from this gigantic, beautiful, piece of history. Truly...blessed, blessed, blessed. We are so thankful!!!

This is the first iceberg we saw. Size is deceivin in photos (and on a 9 story boat). I absolutely love the teal blue colors in the ice. They say it's because its the only color the dense, freezing water will reflect. It's amazing...and you can only see that blue on cloudy days. So we hit perfect weather.

Approaching the glacier...you can see how foggy it was...and this was a little clearer than most of the day. At points we couldn't see the canyon walls at all.

the water was the most amazing blue.

Check out this glacier...beautiful!
here are some of the waterfalls behind it...the next photo gives you a better perspective.
Here is the ice breaking/falling.

More waterfalls...see if you can spot them on the very right side of the next photo.
Here you can see how much the fog lifted and we were able to get some clear shots.
Shane enjoying the view from our balcony. The boat spun around 540 degrees. That, in itself, was impressive!
These are a few of the smaller glaciers we saw leaving the fjord.
This is my humble attempt to capture the entire glacier. The first photo was when it was foggy, the second when it lifted. It's gigantic...breathtaking. This does not do it justice, but you can get an idea.