{"id":58055,"date":"2015-07-19T08:53:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T14:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=58055"},"modified":"2015-07-19T08:53:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T14:53:00","slug":"july-11th-alaska-cruise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2015\/07\/19\/july-11th-alaska-cruise\/","title":{"rendered":"July 11th- Alaska Cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was a slow <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>day<\/strong> as it was a cruise day\u2026 and cloudy, and rainy\u2026 but we made it to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weather.com\/science\/environment\/news\/alaska-hubbard-glacier-growth\" target=\"_blank\">Hubbard Glacier<\/a> about 3:30pm\u2026 and the sky cleared a bit and it was just great\u2026 a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>place<\/strong> you can only see by <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>ship<\/strong> or airplane.. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3935.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_3935\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3935\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3935_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C361\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As we get close we start to see ice\u2026 floating out\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3937.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_3937\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3937\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3937_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C361\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3961.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_3961\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; 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padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3970\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3970_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C361\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>Turner Glacier<\/strong> coming in from the other way and it is really filled with rocks and debris\u2026 They said that these two joined and were as much as 7 or more miles down stream a 1000 years ago but I doubt anyone knows for sure?&#160; I am sure they don\u2019t have pictures of it back then\u2026 Some of the caving icebergs can be as much as a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hubbard_Glacier\" target=\"_blank\">10 story building falling or pushing up from below<\/a>\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3972.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_3972\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; 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