Here are few shots I took this morning, and of a Norwegian ship in the bay equipped for its passengers to do some whale watching on small zodiacs.
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| Today's itinerary (Day 3) and the planned itinerary for tomorrow. |
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| Ice has built up on the hull of the ship. Watch out for falling ice cycles. |
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| A Norwegian ship (it explores the Artic region in the summer) is offloading passengers to find/view whales. |
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| Note the ship as compared to the glacier and surrounding mountains. |
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| I'm cold here on the observation deck. I bet those folks are even colder on those zodiacs. |
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| Those zodiacs get pretty close to that glacier. |
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| It's a winter wonderland today. |
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| The channel is in the process of freezing over as the summer season ends. |
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| The particles grow in number and eventually form a sheet of ice. |
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| The ship breaks up these growing ice particles as we move slowly through the channel. |
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| A sleeping humpback whale. The tale is to the right and the whale floats as it gets a little shuteye. |
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| A loan bird looking for breakfast. The cold water reflects his image. |
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| It's snowing! |
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| Note the guy wearing the Norwegian horned helmet in the lower zodiac. |
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| You can see the water in transition to a frozen state. |
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| Ship employees are enjoying the snowfall. It's not something they see often. |
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| You can really hear the roar of glaciers calving into the sea. |
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| It's hard to go inside to warm up. I'm afraid I'll miss something important. |
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| A shipboard romance: Note that he's written "I heart U" in the snow. |
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| The whale watching seems to be ending. I bet they line up for hot chocolate or coffee. |
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| If you enlarge the photo you may see the snowfall coming down today. |
