ALASKA - DAY 3

Hello, so here is a brief report of the third day of the amazing adventure that is the Alaskan cruise. First I just want to say on here THANK YOU to Hannah for this incredible surprise! I couldn't believe it initially. I was very excited to break the news to my friends here only to realise they all knew before me! Had a great birthday travelling up to and around Seattle and setting out from port before celebrating onboard!

So on with the third day;
We woke up to see actual Alaska slowly passing us on both sides as we sailed up the Inside Passage on our way to Tracy Arm. To describe this is pretty impossible in my bad english. The very still water reflecting the mountains on either side of the ship as we sailed along was incredible.

Here is a map for people that like maps so you can see roughly where we went.

After breakfast we walked several laps of the ship spotting a few puffs of water in the distance of nearby whales. We then settled down on the deck chars to do some holiday reading whilst enjoying the peaceful scenery.

We then headed up into Tracy Arm towards Sawyer glacier. This is a true fjord carved out by the ice. The solid granite rock carved into smooth curves by the ice. A hanging glacier in the distance coming down from the mountain. As we headed up the Arm we passed several large icebergs that had broken off from Sawyer Glacier, sometimes these can block the ships up to the glacier but today it was fairly clear with just small chunks of ice.

After an hour at the Glacier head, we turned back down Tracy Arm and set sail for Juneau, the next day's port of call. 
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