Seward - Resurrection Bay

There were some beautiful glacial mountain views on the way to Seward. We stopped at the visitor center and then we went to the Alaska Sea life Center. Grant was fascinated with the octopus. I enjoyed watching the sea lion swim round and round in circles and playing with the sea anenomies. Then we went on a cruise of Resurrection Bay out of Seward. It was a very rainy day. It was nice to be able to be inside the boat with beautiful views of the marine wildlife, the mountains, and the glaciers. Resurrection Bay was a brilliant blue-green. I thought it was just rock flour, but the park ranger that narrated the trip said that it was plankton in the bay that reflected the blue-green color. The first glacier we saw was Godwin glacier. The picture doesn’t do it justice, but there were think blue strips of glacial ice. Bear Glacier is part of the Harding Ice Field, and although we couldn’t see the glacier very well in the rain, it was very interesting to see the terminal moraine that extended into the bay creating a fresh water lake. The lake was filled with ice bergs. The tour included an all you can eat buffet with prime rib and salmon.