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Re: Amsterdam 14 day Alaskan Explorer Cruise, July 13, 2012When we were in Juneau last time, we did the shore excursion where you paddle a long canoe across Mendenhall Lake to the face of Mendenhall Glacier. We saw a few small calvings quite close up as we were only about 300 feet from the glacial face. Mendenhall doesn't usually do that much calving, and we saw plenty of that in Glacier Bay on several trips. In fact, on one cruise, we were supposed to go into College Fjord, the summer had been unseasonably warm, and there had been an earthquake earlier during that week - WAY too many huge icebergs in the fjord, so the Captain had to make the decision to stop where we were. There were icebergs as big as a house, and some which were larger than the ship. The canoe shore excursion was one of my all time favorites and I plan to do it again on this cruise. Anyone want to go?
Re: Amsterdam 14 day Alaskan Explorer Cruise, July 13, 2012
When we were in Juneau last time, we did the shore excursion where you paddle a long canoe across Mendenhall Lake to the face of Mendenhall Glacier. We saw a few small calvings quite close up as we were only about 300 feet from the glacial face. Mendenhall doesn't usually do that much calving, and we saw plenty of that in Glacier Bay on several trips. In fact, on one cruise, we were supposed to go into College Fjord, the summer had been unseasonably warm, and there had been an earthquake earlier during that week - WAY too many huge icebergs in the fjord, so the Captain had to make the decision to stop where we were. There were icebergs as big as a house, and some which were larger than the ship. The canoe shore excursion was one of my all time favorites and I plan to do it again on this cruise. Anyone want to go?
