This is what we have come to see. Today we enter the fiords and see Margie Glacier and other smaller glaciers.

The increasing number of iceberg tipped us to the nearness of the glaciers.

One advantage of the Holland America lines is that the ships are smaller and there is always room at the rail for sightseeing.

On the fifth day of our cruise we got to see what we came for, the Margie Glacier. The captain eased the ship up the fiord at a very slow speed. He brought it to a stop and we sat and watched the glaciers for about two hours. The only word that I can use to catch that feeling is awesome.

At the end or every fjord there was a glacier.

Margie Glacier! It was so quiet here. The only sound was the awesome thundering roar of the glacier calfing and the sound of the ice moving down the mountain. The cracking of the ice sounded like someone was shooting a high powered rifle.

More of the glacier.

More of the glacier.

These are the largest gulls I've ever seen. The guide said that there wingspan was about six feet. They are about six stories below us on an iceberg.

Seeing this glacier, our first big one, was an unbelievable experience. 1500 people were standing on the deck and you could hear a pin drop. We were seeing something thousands of years in the making as a living organism. It moves day and night to the sea splitting off large chunks of ice every few minutes. The face was about 200-250 high and it was about a mile wide. Margie Glacier was worth entire cost of the trip.