Glacier Bay Basin in south-eastern Alaska, in the United States, encompasses the Glacier Bay and surrounding mountains and glaciers, which was first proclaimed a U.S. National Monument on February 25, 1925.

Current glaciers cover an area 1,375 square miles (3,560 km2) and accounts for 27% of the Park area. Up until the early 1700s the area was a large single glacier of solid ice. It has since retreated and evolved into the largest protected water area park in the world. Glacier Bay, on the Gulf of Alaska, was known as the Grand Pacific Glacier, about 4,000 feet (1,200 m) thick and around 20 miles (32 km) in width. Over the last 200 years the glaciers have retreated, exposing 65 miles (105 km) of ocean, and in this process left 20 separate other glaciers in its trail.

We sailed into Glacier Bay 6.15am on the 20/6 which is the Summer Solstice the longest day and shortest night the sun will go down at 11.40 and rise again at 3am so a long day ahead, the top deck of the boat was full of travellers eagerly waiting for the first views of this magnificent Glacier along the way we have seen a wide variety of wildlife, whales cruising along, sea otters playing, seals being very noisy and crazy mountain sheep on the rugged mountain tops. There were celebratory drinks for our time in Glacier Bay as the ship will do a 360 degree turn so that we can fully enjoy the magnificent vista and we were certainly not disappointed it is truly picture postcard beautiful and at as a huge chunk broke off and fell into the sea with a tremendous noise it got a rousing cheer from the onlookers.

We caught up with Suzie for drinkies in the Sky Deck lounge, it was great to catch up with those who we hadn't seen around the ship to hear of their adventures.

Finally closing the curtains at 11pm love the block out curtains for some shut eye before our final day onboard.

So far, we have travelled 1447 nautical miles and with 150 to go before we get to College Fjord, we had a disembarking meeting with Suzie, repacking to do and loads of shipboard sales to wander through.

We sailed into College Fjord in Tracy Arm at 6pm which has given us plenty of time to enjoy the trip in with its rugged rocky shoreline and pristine wilderness.

College Fjord is a fjord located in the northern sector of Prince William Sound in the U.S. state of Alaska. The fjord contains five tidewater glaciers, five large valley glaciers, and dozens of smaller glaciers. It is where a visitor can be surrounded on three sides by glaciers. naming rights first went to the Harriman Expedition, an outing arranged by a railroad magnate who led artists and scientists here in 1899. Cheered on worldwide, this merry band started honouring Ivy League and eastern universities, including the Seven Sisters and two other women's colleges, by naming glaciers after them.

Again, the ship did a 360 which took about an hour, so plenty of time to get lots of wonderful photos of these magnificent glaciers.