Tracy Arm Cove 06.20.2013

We traveled north on Frederick Sound until meeting Stephens Passage.  In Stephens Passage we had to keep a lookout for debris in the water – not the normal debris of logs & deadheads but ICEBERGS!  You would think that you were coming up to a boat ahead in the water and it would turn out to be an iceberg or growler.  Most of the growlers were either white or blue in color but you had to really look for the ones that were clear.  They are like ice cubes in the water and very dangerous to the hull of our wood boat!  Its times like these that I wish we had kept the ice sheeting made of ironbark wood wrapped around the hull of Second Chance at the waterline!!

 

At Holkham Bay we turned north again up Tracy Arm where there we are two major sized glaciers; Dawes Glacier south on Endicott Arm and both North & South Sawyer Glaciers at the end of Tracy Arm. 

 

As we entered Holkham Bay at the head of Endicott & Tracy Arms there were several large icebergs at the entrance to Tracy Arm Cove.  We maneuvered around the icebergs and into the cove hopeful that tomorrow morning we will still be able to leave the cove without the icebergs closing us in! 

 

We found a great anchorage in Tracy Arm Cove at the head of the bay looking over a marsh bar through to the mountains on the other side.  Because there is a fresh water river that runs into the bay there were black/horse flies and again we are so glad to have our screens!

 

During the motoring today we fired up the crock pot for the second time on this trip and made Moroccan Lamb Stew.  We’ve been smelling those spices all day and can’t wait for dinner! 

Meeting up with Contessa in the bay, and once we were securely anchored for the evening, we all piled into Ron’s dinghy for a trip out to see the icebergs close up.

 
At the icebergs we found a small clear chunk of ice floating in the water.  So Bruce reached out and picked it up and put it in the dinghy for cocktail ice and ice for our cooler.  A small chunk filled up about a third of the dinghy! LOL!

 

Once back at the boats we grabbed the crock pot and headed over to Contessa for dinner and a movie. 

 

What a memorable afternoon and evening!