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     <td>Before we reached the Sukoi Islets, we caught a glimpse of <a href="../media/content/travel/ruth_island_cove_03.jpg" target="_blank">our very first glacier</a>, tucked between two mountains and rising high above the water-side hills. It was too far to photograph well, but we could observe it well enough with binoculars. There was something deeply hypnotic about glaciers, a reminder of a time now past. Many glaciers were now receding, leaving beautiful formations behind, but few in the area lay on the water. With augmented eyes, we saw spikes in the glacier. This wondrous sight disappeared once we passed the islets.</td>
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-    <p>The sailboat we had been tracking on AIS got to the Thomas Bay entrance 1 hour before we did. The pass to Thomas Bay was restricted, a lot of water had to exit through this point. We noticed that their motoring speed of 7 kts had been reduced to a painful 2.1 kts. "Hmmm..." we both said aloud, "not sure we'll be able to get through." We figured we'd go see for ourselves, it was possible that the boat had slowed for other reasons.<br>Our main and headsail were up, some light winds added 1 kt to our speed and stayed with us through the pass. Our speed initially was 5 kts, it only decreased to 3.4 kts — not too bad. The sailboat continued into the north arm, bound for Scenery Cove, while we turned east and then south towards Ruth Island Cove. The current stopped messing with our speed once we were clear of the pass. When entering, it felt like we were in the South Pacific again, entering an atoll. There were sand beaches on one side, hidden reefs everywhere, sunny skies... the coniferous trees and snow on the mountains quickly dispelled that reverie.</p>
+    <td>The sailboat we had been tracking on AIS got to the Thomas Bay entrance 1 hour before we did. The pass to Thomas Bay was restricted, a lot of water had to exit through this point. We noticed that their motoring speed of 7 kts had been reduced to a painful 2.1 kts. "Hmmm..." we both said aloud, "not sure we'll be able to get through." We figured we'd go see for ourselves, it was possible that the boat had slowed for other reasons.<br>Our main and headsail were up, some light winds added 1 kt to our speed and stayed with us through the pass. Our speed initially was 5 kts, it only decreased to 3.4 kts — not too bad. The sailboat continued into the north arm, bound for Scenery Cove, while we turned east and then south towards Ruth Island Cove. The current stopped messing with our speed once we were clear of the pass. When entering, it felt like we were in the South Pacific again, entering an atoll. There were sand beaches on one side, hidden reefs everywhere, sunny skies... the coniferous trees and snow on the mountains quickly dispelled that reverie.</td>
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     <td><img src="../media/content/travel/ruth_island_cove_05.jpg" alt='a look at the receding baird glacier from afar' loading="lazy">It was a long way around Ruth island, the pass to the south could have brought us there quicker, if it wasn't for the strong likelihood of a grounding — a grounding <i>would</i> slow our progress to the anchorage. The long way though, was beautiful. Even if we hadn't entered the north arm towards what remained of Baird Glacier, we could see some ice stranded on land, as well as part of the receding glacier up high in the mountains. The water here was, again, a striking jade color, so opaque, so clouded, that there was zero visibility. The mountains here were very tall, and the ones behind the ones bordering the water, even more so. The tall mountains all had snow on their peaks, we could see many from the water.</td>

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     <td>Before we reached the Sukoi Islets, we caught a glimpse of <a href="../media/content/travel/ruth_island_cove_03.jpg" target="_blank">our very first glacier</a>, tucked between two mountains and rising high above the water-side hills. It was too far to photograph well, but we could observe it well enough with binoculars. There was something deeply hypnotic about glaciers, a reminder of a time now past. Many glaciers were now receding, leaving beautiful formations behind, but few in the area lay on the water. With augmented eyes, we saw spikes in the glacier. This wondrous sight disappeared once we passed the islets.</td>
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-    <p>The sailboat we had been tracking on AIS got to the Thomas Bay entrance 1 hour before we did. The pass to Thomas Bay was restricted, a lot of water had to exit through this point. We noticed that their motoring speed of 7 kts had been reduced to a painful 2.1 kts. "Hmmm..." we both said aloud, "not sure we'll be able to get through." We figured we'd go see for ourselves, it was possible that the boat had slowed for other reasons.<br>Our main and headsail were up, some light winds added 1 kt to our speed and stayed with us through the pass. Our speed initially was 5 kts, it only decreased to 3.4 kts — not too bad. The sailboat continued into the north arm, bound for Scenery Cove, while we turned east and then south towards Ruth Island Cove. The current stopped messing with our speed once we were clear of the pass. When entering, it felt like we were in the South Pacific again, entering an atoll. There were sand beaches on one side, hidden reefs everywhere, sunny skies... the coniferous trees and snow on the mountains quickly dispelled that reverie.</p>
+    <td>The sailboat we had been tracking on AIS got to the Thomas Bay entrance 1 hour before we did. The pass to Thomas Bay was restricted, a lot of water had to exit through this point. We noticed that their motoring speed of 7 kts had been reduced to a painful 2.1 kts. "Hmmm..." we both said aloud, "not sure we'll be able to get through." We figured we'd go see for ourselves, it was possible that the boat had slowed for other reasons.<br>Our main and headsail were up, some light winds added 1 kt to our speed and stayed with us through the pass. Our speed initially was 5 kts, it only decreased to 3.4 kts — not too bad. The sailboat continued into the north arm, bound for Scenery Cove, while we turned east and then south towards Ruth Island Cove. The current stopped messing with our speed once we were clear of the pass. When entering, it felt like we were in the South Pacific again, entering an atoll. There were sand beaches on one side, hidden reefs everywhere, sunny skies... the coniferous trees and snow on the mountains quickly dispelled that reverie.</td>
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     <td><img src="../media/content/travel/ruth_island_cove_05.jpg" alt='a look at the receding baird glacier from afar' loading="lazy">It was a long way around Ruth island, the pass to the south could have brought us there quicker, if it wasn't for the strong likelihood of a grounding — a grounding <i>would</i> slow our progress to the anchorage. The long way though, was beautiful. Even if we hadn't entered the north arm towards what remained of Baird Glacier, we could see some ice stranded on land, as well as part of the receding glacier up high in the mountains. The water here was, again, a striking jade color, so opaque, so clouded, that there was zero visibility. The mountains here were very tall, and the ones behind the ones bordering the water, even more so. The tall mountains all had snow on their peaks, we could see many from the water.</td>