Day 07 - 07/29 - At sea in the Gulf of Alaska

 Today was only our second sea day of this voyage.  Before noon we attended a multi-media presentation on the World Stage about what goes on behind the scenes on the ship.  The point of the presentation was that there are many people needed behind the scenes for us to have a successful cruise.  Erin, Cruise and Travel Director indicated that we have just over 1900 guests and around 700 crew. Surprisingly a good number of the senior staff are now from India including the Hotel General Manager, Head Chef, & Food & Beverage Head.  Afterwards, we attended a Mariner recognition ceremony in the Pinnacle Bar. After the few awards were presented, we got our picture taken with the Captain and Hotel GM.


Following lunch and after dropping Jakob off at Club HAL, I spent the next few hours updating my blog and studying for an upcoming sermon I'll be preaching when we get back home. We ate a Lido dinner with Jakob (at least when he wasn't in the pool). We then spent time scenic s cruising up the College Fjord where all the glaciers are named after colleges with the largest at the end of the fjord called Harvard. I also spotted a seal on the ice there.  All too soon we pivoted 90° to starboard and then 270° to the port side and headed out of the fjord with a destination of Whittier by midnight.  


Harvard Glacier

Per our disembarkation instructions, we don't leave the ship until 10:15am tomorrow.  Our luggage will be picked up tonight and delivered to our Anchorage hotel tomorrow afternoon.

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