28-August 2011 to 4-September 2011: And in this case, we saw a convergence of glaciers unlike we had ever seen before. We had seen places like the Perito Moreno Glacier, the Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers, the Icelandic Glaciers including Skaftafellsjokull and the lagoon at Jokulsarlon, and the Norwegian Glaciers including Briksdalsbreen and Nigardsbreen. Yet the beauty of this place and its more-or-less intact ecosystem could easily move anyone appreciative of its majesty and grandeur to tears. In our case, it lifted our spirits and made it seem like the two days of sea-sickness-inducing rocking along with being prisoners on the ship was worth the trouble…

• Day 9: FISH OUT OF WATER
• Day 10: CABIN FEVER
• Day 11: FALLING BACK TO NATURE
• Day 12: WATERFALL AT MENDENHALL
• Day 13: AN EAGLE HAS LANDED
• Day 14: KETCH IT IF U CAN
• Day 15: VICTORIAN RUSH

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