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Picto Diary - 16 (B) June 2016 - Glacier

Day 9. PM. 16 June 2016. South on Lynn Canal via ferry Matanuska, Alaska Maritime Highway System. Four hour stop in Juneau... sufficient time to take a helicopter tour of the Juneau Ice Field and the Hunter Glacier.

Above: Bishop. Chopper. On Hunter Glacier, Juneau Ice Field. Alaska. 16 June 2016.

Above: Juneau Ice Field as seen from Coastal Helicopter, helicopter.
Juneau, Alaska 16 June 2016.

Above: Juneau ice field. From Coastal Helicopter helicopter. 16 June 2016.

Above: Lateral Moraine on Hunter Glacier. From Coastal Helicopter helicopter. Juneau, AK. 16 June 2016.

Above: Bishop and Wyatt Earp. Standing on Hunter Glacier with Coastal Helicopter helicopter in background. 16 June 2016. Juneau, AK.

Above: Coastal Helicopter on Hunter Glacier. 16 June 2016. Juneau, AK.

Above: Bishop and Wyatt Earp at Hunter Glacier chasm. 16 June 2016, Juneau, AK.

Above: Bishop drinks from Hunter Glacier melt. 16 June 2016. Juneau, AK.

No cows upstream.

Above: Moran. Hunter Glacier. 16 June 2016. Juneau, AK.

Water rushes down through the moran hole and exits down glacier.

Above: Coastal Helicopter pilot Scott brings Wyatt Earp, Mwah (sic) and two other passengers back to Juneau airport from Hunter Glacier excursion. 16 June 2016. Juneau, AK.

Above: Mendenhall Glacier. Juneau, AK. 16 June 2016.

Image captured from rear observation deck of Matanuska ferry as she departs Juneau.