Different Yet Again
LeConte in late July, large iceberg on the left end ready to be born We came to this place at the end of April, in early July, and again at the end of July. Each time the glacier showed us a different character. In April, we could not even get around the corner to see the glacier face. The ice was so tightly packed we could not get the boat through the bergs. We were left to imagine what was producing all the pack ice and bergs. In July, we got to within about a mile of the face. We could see it well and the younger generation took the dinghy much closer. Still they could only get about a 1/4 mile from the face. Now, in late July, icebergs are floating in Fredrick Sound 20 miles from the glacier itself. We easily navigated through the pack ice in the bay. We could have parked Iolair within a hundred yards of the one hundred foot vertical face of the glacier. Two small tour boats from Petersburg were much closer but that was outside of our comfort zone. Fast, small boats can get out of ...
