Most of the boat tours take the good part of a day, so you want to be prepared just in case the seas get rough. I took motion sickness medication just in case, since I do spend most of my life on land. The tour took us through Resurrection Bay and to the Pacific. The waters can be rough, but we lucked out with relatively smooth seas.

We cruised to the massive Holgate Glacier. It calved twice while we sat in the waters nearby. Calving is when giant chunks of ice fall off of the edge of the glacier. ... ...