Departure from Haines shortly after 5.40 p.m. and the subsequent sailing away towards Hubbard Glacier had to be one of those “stand-out” experiences which I shall remember for a long time. Captain Thorhauge, addressing her passengers over the ship’s speaker system described the first part of this journey as scenic. That was an understatement! During the morning, low cloud, and rain gradually gave way to pristine skies and considerable warmth, and thus, the majesty of the one-time obscured snow clad mountain peaks were revealed in all their great magnificence.
View from my balcony around 9.30 amAlmost the same scene, from my stateroom balcony, sometime around 5.15 pm
Here therefore is a series of pictures taken between departure and sunset.
Bow cam view on my stateroom TV 18.00 hrsShortly after leaving Haines, one final glimpse, and it’s still a gorgeous day, 18.01 hrsDifferent view, same time, 18.01 hrs, having set sail around 15 minutes earlier. View from Deck 9 aft, 18.38 hrsAlso from Deck 9 aft, 18.40 hrsView portside 19.35 hrsI had settled down for dinner when this sunset lit view caught my eye. I didn’t have to walk far to the aft end, starboard side of the Promenade Deck 3 to capture this picture. The Britannia Restaurant is located aft on decks 2 and 3. 20.24 hrs.Promenade Deck starboard side looking forwards. 20.24 hrsIt’s now 22.46 hrs, forward on Deck 10. I had been to the show in the Royal Court Theatre. The presenter, in his “routine closing address to the audience announced a “burner of a sunset, off the starboard bow” I went up to Deck 10 for this picture. By then, it was cold outside. I ventured into the Commodore Club which offers a 180° panoramic view forward, from where the next pictures were taken. 22.46 hrsView from the Commodore Club on Deck 10 around 22.48 hrsJust one more from the Commodore Club 22.54 hrsLooking in another direction, slowly overtaking us was a Holland and Barret (sorry, Holland America) cruise ship, which I guess could be the Koningsdam. View from my stateroom balcony, 23.05 hrs23.07 hrs
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