The return trip delivered! We travelled back along the coast for 24 hours, flanked by the snow capped peaks of the coastal mountains. Hubbard Glacier loomed just as imposing and just as blue. But it did seem as if the bay was covered with more floating ice and icebergs on this return visit.The ship nudged much closer today and unfortunately we had been listening to the Captain's updates which indicated we would arrive later than expected. We lounged around a...

A lazy start to the day had been planned by ordering room service so that we didn't have to get caught in the flurry of the 2 000 guests who were leaving the cruise today. This backfired. After a very late night (or early morning), we thought we had ordered the breakfast for 9 am but somehow the confusion of time zones and time changes had the phone shrilling at 7.45 for an 8 am breakfast. Oh well, gave us more time to get organised and to be honest, I did fa...

Another early start by Captain Boris to have us positioned for the perfect viewing of Hubbard Glacier. We had set the alarm to be ready by the advertised viewing time of 8 am but the Captain had us there a full two hours ahead of schedule.The bright and cheery voice of Eddie announcing our arrival coincided perfectly with me being ready so I hightailed it to the observation deck to stake out our claim. Mac on the other hand had to roll out of bed and scramble to ...

If you have a bucket list and haven't seen a glacier....put it on your list. The blue of Disney's Frozen is what you see and if you "luck out" and get a perfect weather day, the size, majesty and beauty combine for a jaw dropping encounter.The ship progressed at snail's pace into the bay dodging and weaving a path through icebergs. We were definitely in the National Park area of Glacier Bay and Rangers Dan, Jenny and Zac were on board to give insightf...

This was a big day on shore. An eight hour adventure leaving from our port of Skagway. This little town stretches for seven blocks and features historic false-front shops and restaurants, wooden sidewalks and locals dressed in period costumes. This was the starting place for more than 40 000 gold rush stampeders who headed to the Yukon on their way to the Chilkoot Trail chasing the dream of gold. Today, it is the permanent year round home for 800 residents who ho...