The glaciers at Neko Harbor were probably the best ones that we saw. The best part was that we were on the Antarctic mainland and we got to climb quite a ways up a glacier. It probably took us thirty minutes to hike up to the top of where our expedition staff let us go. It was an incredible view from the glacier. We sank into the snow above our boots a few times but relished the opportunity.

For my Neko Harbor glacier pictures, I decided to just show you one direction. All three photos are of the same area and I just zoom in on the bottom of the glacier over the course of these three photos.

In the first photo, we had hiked quite a ways up the glacier and are looking back to one side of the harbor. You can see that the whole mountainside is one glacier after another one. If you look at the lower left of the first photo, where the glacier hits the bay, that’s where I zoom in on the next two pictures.

You can see in the second photo that this glacier is “calving” regularly. You can see the breaks in the ice pack and see where the chunks will separate and fall off into the bay to become icebergs.

I just zoomed in again for the third photo. You can see how big some of the splits are within the glacier. You can also see how blue the ice is both within the glacier and in the water.