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We docked
overnight in a very little town called Petersburg. Between the time we arrived and
left the tide moved around twenty feet. We were told the tides are more extreme the
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We flew from
Petersburg over the Frederick Sound to the view the Patterson Glacier from the air.
Karen took this picture from her seat in the front of the helicopter. The dark line
you can see in the middle of the picture and crossing the glacier is rocks from a
landslide. When you get closer you can see that the glacier has carried the
rocks. They said glaciers move but here is the evidence! |
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We flew to the
glacier in Hughes 500D. We had to wear floatation vests in case we crashed in the
water. Notice the floats attached to the bottom of the helicopter. The pilot
brought along the little ladder to keep us from stepping on his floats when we got out of
the helicopter. |
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| Here is Carla's butt. In the
background you can see the beautiful blue ice of the glacier. Because of a recent
rain, the surface of the glacier was very slick. As you can see in this picture,
Carla is walking up a slight incline. Walking up was a little difficult and coming
down was a real treat! The guide didn't have to watch us too closely as we could
only get so far on such a slick surface. |
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Besides being
slick, the surface of the glacier is like a bag of ice cubes that has frozen together.
There are bits of rock, dirt and leaves frozen into the ice. Even the little
pools of melt on the glacier surface have a beautiful blue color. Here is Karen's
proof that her feet have touched a glacier, |
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| Superman's house is just on the
other side of this ridge. For some reason the pictures of his house didn't come out. |
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When we left
Petersburg we traveled through the Wrangell Narrows. This narrow channel can only be
used by small cruise ships and fishing boats. Because it is so narrow and shallow
there are a lot of navigation aids. It is called 'pinball alley' or 'Christmas Tree'
alley when all of the red and green marker lights are illuminated. |
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