Welcome to Alaska and the USA ! First stop the appliance store for a razor, sorry sir can no do, but lots of handguns and shotguns for sale on the front counter ! He directed me to the hardware store, one electric razor left and duly purchased, phew my face feels a lot safer already.

Next up our premium Glacier experience. We were a bit unsure about booking this after our Athabasca Glacier visit in Canada. 10 of us were escorted onto a tin jet boat, thankfully the cabin provided some shelter from the drizzle, and it wasn’t overly warm. With twin Cummins 500hp diesels it got up on the plane, and we shot off into the mist.

The gloomy skies provided excellent light for photos, with any colour popping. Conifer trees crowded down to the water, with the bare rock crossed in quartz veins.

I spotted a line of white, ICE. We got closer and closer to some isolated icebergs….Titanic jokes abounded….

Then we were in the thick of it, yes the boat is built for this, as we bumped our way through bands of ice following a twisting river course.

Then around another corner was Mendenhall Glacier, with some impressive bergs bobbing around.

I think I took about 400 photos, a truely memorable trip ! To finish the day a bald Eagle perched on a pylon beneath us whilst having afternoon tea…