18 Jul 23

Terri and I both woke up about 07:00 and decided to go ahead and get up. It was cool and partly cloudy at that time, but we had a bit of rain during the night. Ashley was still sawing logs, so we decided to get going up Tarr Inlet. There were lots of big icebergs in Tarr Inlet and not so many small, bergy bits. Also, no seals hauled out on the ice; don’t know why. We made it to the head of the inlet at 09:59, just after the “Eurodam” (Holland-America Line cruise ship) arrived and turned off the engine to drift and watch the face of Margerie Glacier.  The “Eurodam” left after about an hour and we had the place to ourselves for a while. The Grand Pacific Glacier is also a tidewater glacier, but the last mile or so is completely covered with stones and dirt, whereas the Margerie Glacier presents a 300 - 400 ft high vertical ice face at the water. Every few minutes, there was a boom or crunch and these were frequently followed by either small or large chunks of ice falling off the face. We ended up drifting around for nearly 3 hours watching and videoing chunks of ice falling off the face of the glacier; way cool! With the size of the pieces falling off the face, it is easy to see why there are so many big icebergs floating about in this inlet. Sure hope some of the videos turn out well. About the time we decided to get going, the “Noordam” (sister ship to “Eurodam”) showed up. The engine started up on request at 12:45 and we headed south; as it was relatively early, we decided to move on down to Blue Mouse Cove for the night. The trip down was uneventful, aside from being passed again by the “Noordam”, and encountering a bit of very light rain, and we were anchored in Blue Mouse Cove at 16:22. Another fantastic day.  

58-047.031’N, 136-30.420’W; Log = 35.3, Sum = 1576.3; Eng. hrs. = 6.0 , Sum = 3364.0