Day 21 May 10th At sea Endicott Fjord part of the Inside Passage

before we arrived at the fjord

Today was a much better day

a good start to the day

weatherwise, it was dry, partly sunny with little wind. We were due to go to Tracey Arm fjord but because of the conditions the captain decided it would be better to go to neighbouring Endicott fjord. There was a question mark as to how close to the glacier face we would be

just crossed the bar

able to get.

We entered over the bar to

we met small icebergs

get into the fjord at about 0930 and we had breakfasted by then. It was a day of observing from our balcony for most of the scenery and action. We soon encountered small icebergs from the glacier and there were the usual

waterfalls and reflections

spectacular mountains and waterfalls. We approached the glacier through the narrow fjord very gently –

the glacier face

presumably the rules and captain did not want to create a wash. He had made a good decision and we were able to turn around fairly close to the face of the glacier.

a family of harbour seals on a small iceberg

On the way out the wildlife situation improved somewhat. We saw some harbour seals taking

a mountain goat

rides on some of the small icebergs. Christine then saw a couple of mountain goats high up on the surrounding cliffs. 

Towards the end of the fjord a couple of black bears were spotted on the bank, the captain stopped and everyone was able to get some good pictures. Black bears are not always black they can be brown or a lighter straw colour – we are almost certain these are black bears. For a day at sea it had proved to be very interesting with some great photo opportunities.

We exited the fjord over the bar at about 1730 and then had time to sort ourselves out and get ready for dinner.  I probably won't post tomorrow as we are on an all day excursion which does not finish until the evening.