A step into Antartica (or a Kitchen Freezer)

                           
The last 24 hours have helped check off a few "First" on our lists of things we have never experienced.  1.  We had never had un-ending days.  Our eyelids were droopy and our bodies told us we needed to rest,  yet the sun was out and indicated to our brains that it was only 5:00 P.M. At midnight.   Never had we seen people so alert at 1:00 A.M. We arrived in Anchorage, got off our flight, picked up our luggage, attempted to resolve our transportation problem with regards to the transfer from Anchorage to Whittier, then proceeded to rent our car from the rental car company located at the airport.   All while it was light out as if was perhaps 6:30 A.M. On a summer day in L.A.  It was so difficult to sleep when it was light out, even with the dark thick curtains.   2.  After our brief middle of the night "nap" we got up and got ready to drive to the port of Whittier,  what a wonderful visually stimulating experience that was.  The beauty of creation at it's best.  On our way to Whittier (which is a drive of about an hour and a half from Anchorage we had to pay a toll to cross the longest, darkest, and scariest tunnel we have ever been through.  It must of been about 3 miles long and were it not for our headlights we would have been in total darkness! The kind of tunnel you see in scary movies.
3.  Towards the afternoon of our first full day, we were instructed to line the deck of the ship so we could see Hubbard Glacier,  what a cold and different experience that was!  huge magnificent pieces of ice would detach and fall into the ocean.  The temperature outside must of been in the low 30'f.  Too cold for some of us but definitely forever in our memories as something that was worth the freezing weather for.  We will see what tomorrow brings to nourish our traveling memory banks.