Whiteoaks Photo Albums » 2013-06-alaska » 06-Skagway

Skagway, Alaska, with a helicopter expedition to Meade Glacier.

Leaving the Wonder down the gangway.	Disney Wonder.	TEMSCO helicopter arrives to collect tourists.	Jane being fitted with her glacier boots.
Aviator Jane.	On board and ready to fly.	Departing Skagway.	GPS on the helicopter.
Rugged terrain above Skagway.	Mountains, snow, glaciers.	Cracks show nicely in the morning sun.	First glacier view.
Glaciers combine here and form a morraine in the middle.	Mojo shooting video.	Ice and dirt, hanging glacier.	Glacier guides waiting for helicopters.
Jane has the right stuff.	Erratics scattered about on the glacier.	Our group at the meeting point.	Glacier and mountains.
Helicopter leaves us behind to get the next group.	Our glacier boots.	Walking along the glacier.	The top surface is all pock marks.
Balance poles available.	Walking toward glacier features.	Walking the glacier.	Posing by a boulder.
Standing with Jane on Meade Glacier.	Jane snapped this one on her phone, of all the...	Scattered granite.	Lichens form on many of the rocks.
Ice cave may be 40 ft. deep.	Another treacherous ice hole.	Clear water stream, good for drinking.	Sampling the water.
Rock face on the distant mountain, looking for sheep.	Distant rock face.	The guide left himself this marker to find the ice cave...	Glacier and mountain.
Lower part of the glacier which forms an erratic river.	Mountain meets glacier bottom.	Flying back to Skagway.	The Disney Wonder and the Statendam.
Aft of the Disney Wonder.	Ready for arrival.	Workers busy on port day.	The bow art of the Disney Wonder.
Skagway, Alaska.	Passengers trickle back on board.	Jane as seen from our stateroom.	Inside the Animator's Palate dining room, a sketch Mickey.
In Animator's Palate, the room begins in stark black and...	Ariel in black and white.	Ariel becomes full color.	The room comes alive with color during dinner.
Peter Pan with a young passenger.	10:30 p.m. twilight, steaming from Skagway to Juneau.

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