Cruising Glacier Bay and College Fjord, Alaska - August 2024

 Leaving Skaway, the ship cruised the Glacier Bay National Park with stunning view of glaciers and cliffs of Glacier Bay. We had a park ranger came on board to narrate the ship itineray. The last day, we cruised the College Fjord to arrive in Whittier where we disembarked the Sapphire.

Entering Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve.

Reid Glacier.

Reid glacier.

Reid Glacier THEN, September 2013.

Lamplugh Glacier with face is receding.

Margerie Glacier has become stable while Johns Hopkins Glacier is advancing.

Johns Hopkins Glacier THEN, September 2013. Because of the glacier fast advancing, ships are not allowed to go too close to in order to protect the enviroment at the base of the glacier.

Enjoying fresh air on deck.

Viewing glaciers on observation deck.

Entering Chugash Census Area.

Spending most of this day cruising College Fjord with the largest glaciers, Harvard and Yale, at the end of the Fjord.

Harvard Arm/Fjord.

The largest glacier in the Chugach National Forest.


Sunset in Chugach Census Area with Mount Marcus Baker in the background.


Our last night on the Sapphire.


Kevin and his dessert.


Whittier, disembarkation port.