Giant spot shrimp!
Explored the Islands and mainland around Columbia Glacier last weekend. Spent two nights in cove surrounded by icebergs but shallow entrance prevented any large ones drifting in. Our concern was blockage buy larger bergs in the morning but never happened.
Interesting note: The Columbia Glacier is now the single largest glacial contributor to sea level in North America, producing about 10 percent of the water volume entering the sea from all Alaskan glaciers each year.. Sliding roughly 80 feet a day, the Columbia Glacier is among the world's fastest-moving glaciers and the last of Alaska's 51 tidewater glaciers to exhibit a drastic retreat.
Dumped our shrimp pots in an area adjacent to our cove but still in the path of occasional bergs, but none hampered pot retrieval.
On top of Glacier Island ( a great hike) looking down on the ice field of bergs and chunks floating behind the moraine, the face of the actual glacier is miles behind it.
Up close to within a few feet of the floating ice behind the moraine the water depth was around 450 feet with a surface temperature of 37.5F.
An incredible spectacle anyway you look at it, nature at its finest.
Explored the Islands and mainland around Columbia Glacier last weekend. Spent two nights in cove surrounded by icebergs but shallow entrance prevented any large ones drifting in. Our concern was blockage buy larger bergs in the morning but never happened.
Interesting note: The Columbia Glacier is now the single largest glacial contributor to sea level in North America, producing about 10 percent of the water volume entering the sea from all Alaskan glaciers each year.. Sliding roughly 80 feet a day, the Columbia Glacier is among the world's fastest-moving glaciers and the last of Alaska's 51 tidewater glaciers to exhibit a drastic retreat.
Dumped our shrimp pots in an area adjacent to our cove but still in the path of occasional bergs, but none hampered pot retrieval.
On top of Glacier Island ( a great hike) looking down on the ice field of bergs and chunks floating behind the moraine, the face of the actual glacier is miles behind it.
Up close to within a few feet of the floating ice behind the moraine the water depth was around 450 feet with a surface temperature of 37.5F.
An incredible spectacle anyway you look at it, nature at its finest.
