A different kind of day -- Insignia anchored near the end of a long fjord, then a catamaran came alongside and took the tour purchasers aboard for a 30 mile run to the face of a glacier through a narrow passage.
There's the catamaran waiting for us.
In a blazing display of raw seamanship, the catamaran was able to tie up alongside Insignia in just 80 minutes. We departed an hour and a half late for the one hour run to the glacier.
I slept for the run to the glacier, allowing everyone else to try and take pictures. Then I took pictures when everyone else went back to their seats during the one hour run back to the ship. Here's the glacier. I was unimpressed by its size, but I guess that's a comment on climate change as much as anything else.
Putu, a waiter on board and a friend, came along to serve coffee/hot chocolate/pound cake/cookies. And to take selfies by the glacier.
There was a crowd on the viewing platform. Long arms were essential for picture taking. Although it did thin out during the one hour spent on station at the glacier.
A duck like iceberg was the only wildlife encountered.
The cat traveled at about 30 knots which felt like flying after the 20 knot top speed of Insignia. And it was LOUD out on the back deck while flying along.
Home again.
There's the catamaran waiting for us.
1 comment:
I sense some sarcasm in the "raw seamanship" catamaran docking section of the blog entry... :)
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