LeConte Glacier is probably the least visited tidewater
glacier in SE Alaska. The description in cruising guides is very negative and
the shallow entrance keeps cruise ships out. I’m a fan of LeConte, though,
since I think it’s pretty easy to access and just as pretty as any of the other
glaciers.
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| Sea lions on one of the buoys in Wrangell Narrows. |
Visiting tidewater glaciers can be quite difficult. Ice
conditions can change rapidly, sometimes making access easy and other times
impossible.
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| Finding a path through the ice is part of the fun. |
Today we got lucky. I was pretty easily able to pick my way
through the ice all the way to face of the glacier. Well, a ¼ mile off. With
all the calving going on, and subsequent mini-tsunamis, I didn’t dare go
closer.
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| Safe Harbour in front of LeConte Glacier. |
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| The glacier is not the only magnificent scenery. |
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| Seals find shelter on floating ice. |
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| So do eagles. |
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| Brendan and Jordan explore by dinghy. |
Getting out of LeConte was a little harder than getting in
since the ice had shifted, but we found a path through. From LeConte we headed
up to Thomas Bay. Happily, we found it empty.
61.33 nm today
964.07 nm total
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