Sunday, November 2nd

Alex and I had our first off-campus trip. We signed up to go on a trip to see the ice caves. I don't really understand how the ice caves happen, but they only happen when the annual sea ice melts past the glacier, which apparently happened last year. To get to the cave, we rode for about an hour in these big vehicles they call Deltas.



The ice cave is at the very front of the glacier and is in-between the glacier and parts of the glacier that have fallen off (if I understand correctly). To enter the cave we had to walk up about 20 feet from the sea ice and then slide back down into the cave.



The cave was fantastic inside. It was tricky to get good pictures. Because of the ice, the cave was very blue inside. When we used the flash, everything looked white inside, losing the blueness. When we did not use the flash, there wasn't enough light, so the pictures came out blurry. We got a few pictures, but nothing that could do the cave justice. I'll try to get some pics from some friends.






I like this picture of Alex on the sea ice.