Meares Glacier

Day #2 of aerial survey in Prince William sound... incredible! Much better weather, nearly 6 hours in the helicopter, probably a day worth $15,000 in data. The other crew in Chenega was grounded due to dead battery (pilot error), so they are truly bummed out and now a day behind.

Because the door is off, I pretty much freeze to death... so when things get exciting like flying by the enormous face of the Meares Glacier, it really helps! The face of this tidewater glacier is 1 mile across and 200 feet high, and it calves huge chunks of ice, which then drift down the Unakwik Inlet as bright blue and brilliant white bergs. The water is milky turqouise with glacial flour, and littered with ice. Beautiful!

Cascade Falls in Eaglek Bay, another beautiful sight today...



At the head of Eaglek Bay, with the mountains of the Chugach Range in the distance...