An iceberg stranded at the end of LeConte Bay where it meets Frederick Sound. While the bay itself is 247m (810 ft) deep, an underwater terminal moraine stretches across the mouth of the bay. This shallow ridge marks the LeConte glacier’s greatest geologically recent advance and traps the largest icebergs as they float out into Frederick Sound. As seen here the tidal zone of the icebergs themselves are repeatedly exposed to the rise and fall of the water line as they rest on the bottom. This floods any trapped air in the ice exposing a deep blue hue which provides a stark contrast to the white tip of the berg which floats above the water line at high tide. The bay is a 12 mile-long fjord which feeds into Frederick Sound. Le Conte glacier has retreated 4km (or 2.5 miles) since 1879 and being south of the 57th parallel north, remains the southernmost tidewater glacier of the Northern Hemisphere. South East Alaska. USA
San Francisco, California, USA. Founded on June 29, 1776, when colonists from Spain established Presidio of San Francisco at the Golden Gate and Mission San Francisco de Asís named for St. Francis of Assisi a few miles away.
Spent an extraordinary week cruising around on S/V BOB, a 50ft Catalina, in South East Alaska. ‘Skip’, the little skiff in the foreground, was our trusty get about for all land based adventuring. Alaska, USA
