Tuesday, August 12, 2008

The Hubbard Glacier, and Grace’s Excitement

Today was our second day spent totally at sea; we were to cruise by the Hubbard Glacier. We arrived in view of the glacier around 10:30 am, and spent several hours within sight of it, eventually getting close enough to get some excellent pictures, and see the glacier calving (indidentally, we’d see the ice fall before we’d hear the rumble or splash, thus showing that light really DOES travel faster than sound, just in case anyone was wondering).
Sadly, Grace had a bit of motion sickness. So, she and Peter and I spent most of the afternoon in the cabin; she’s not exactly in quarantine, but the medical staff would prefer if she’d stay away from others till she’s “symptom free”. Hopefully that will be tomorrow; unfortunately the ocean is significantly rougher right now than it has been.

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