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We booked an "Ice Field Excursion" with Coastal Helicopters through the Orca Whale Watching company. The trip was the highlight of our week! We flew about 15 minutes until we reached Herbert Glacier. We landed and had the opportunity to walk around and explore the glacier. We were the only ones on the glacier, which was very special. Most helicopter companies in Juneau fly people to Mendenhall Glacier, and we heard it gets quite busy. With Coastal we had our own glacier to ourselves! |
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| The flight takes off from the Juneau airport. Only Alaska airlines flies into Juneau. It is a tiny airport. | |
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| The weather was beautiful. It was about 55 F and sunny with a few clouds. Herbert glacier is a mile wide and the ice we were standing on was over 250 years old! | |
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The ice shown above looks like it is "dirty", but in fact the "dirt"
is actually tiny pieces of rock that has been carved away from the
canyon.
The picture to the right shows some of the crevasses in the glacier. The flight was a little spendy at $198 a person, but it was quite a bit cheaper than what the cruise ship wanted to charge us for an "official excursion". The entire trip only lasts an hour, but it an hour you will never forget! |
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