Sailing through the Hubbard Glacier, Yakutat Bay, Alaska 2019/Carlos Pueblo

Sailing through the Hubbard Glacier, Yakutat Bay, Alaska 2019/Carlos Pueblo

The ship exit Glacier Bay via Gustavus, near the visitors center of the National Park to enter the Icy Strait and again following the inside passage coastal line north to the Hubbard Glacier. The Hubbard Glacier is located between Yakutat city and borough and Canadian Yukon about the same latitude with Skagway to the east, 200 miles northwest of Juneau, the State Capital, and is in the World Heritage Site. It is a tidewater/mountain glacier or valley glacier about 76 miles long. It is called an advanced glacier which means the glacier is still growing. The Yukutat Bay is similar to the Glacier Bay to the southeast full of icebergs floating on the bay even more. It has been named after the Chairman of the Bell Corporation the predecessor of current day AT&T. Again, there are many glaciers on the historical site.

It is a bonus of this seven days cruise to visit the Hubbard Glacier before the next day disembark at Seward, Alaska, it is a seven days trip from Seattle to Seattle, you're not going to visit this one or on the way back from Seward to Vancouver, the itinerary would be Hoonah of the small Eskimo village on icy Strait in lieu of this Glacier. The huge glacier is a little bit of difference from the Glacier Bay on the color and the appearance. It is more bluer and dirtier due to the dirt carried from up stream of the valley. It looks like the calcium carbonate formation inside of a cavern. The glacier constantly has been carved into icebergs and spread to the bay and we can see sea lions lying on the iceberg and floating down stream. Again, it is very comfortable to sit inside or stand outside to view the wonderful scenery of the world.

 I travel alone myself on cruise and I don't mind repeating the same itinerary because I have so much fun and relaxing during the trip, i.e. the Alaska trip has been the fifth time in the past 10 years. I had had a dinner with Stephanie, one of my adopted daughter from the Dawn on that night at an Italian Restaurant. Every trip I would have two vouchers at four fees restaurants with a company; therefore, I ask the permission from their supervisors to permit of the dinner and it is the most enjoyable dinners that I have had.