氷河に立つ On A Glacier


アラスカ旅行記に戻ります。 Returning to Alaska trip journal.

アラスカに別れを告げる前日、心配された天候もなんとか持ち堪えてくれたので、遂に氷河との遭遇ができました。 It was one day before we said good-bye to Alaska. Thanks to the fact that the weather held somewhat, we could finally make the close encounter to a glacier.

ヘリコプターは、雨にも負けず氷河の上をズンズン進みます。 Our helicopter went on and on above the glacier even though rain came down all around.

美しい氷河の模様に魅せられて、この時点で100枚ぐらい撮っていますが、その中の一枚です。 The magical view and gorgeous pattern of the glacier captivated me, and I took nearly 100 pictures of them. This is only one of them.

無事、氷河に着陸。 We landed safely on the glacier.

アイゼンの簡易バージョンを登山靴につけました。簡易すぎて氷をグリップしてくれないようで心配でしたが、ともあれ、氷河に降り立ちました。 We put on a very simple set of crampons. I felt that the crampons didn’t grip the ice that well, but in any case, I stood on the glacier.

雨も降っていたため、それほど長く歩き回ったわけではありませんが、再び興奮して写真撮りまくりでした。 Because of the rain, we didn’t stay there very long, but still, I was so excited and took so many picture there.

氷河は青い。 The glacier is blue.

帰りのヘリコプターからの眺めは、またさらに美しかった。 The views on the way back to the helicopter station were as beautiful as the glacier.

悪天候で飛べないかと心配されたヘリコプターにも乗れて、本当にラッキーでした。 We were indeed lucky that we could fly out there as the weather could have been even worse.

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