The intensity of blue, seen in glaciers and glacial ice the world over, varies from just a pale hint to an intense saturated hue. In the area of ice our boat was circling through only a small percentage had this amazing color.

Captain Stephens piloted skillfully through the constantly moving ice floes to get us close-up views of several of these ultra-blue icebergs. This one stood about forty feet (12 meters) above the water. The color was astonishing from any angle, but reached a climax when the sun came out and shone through it from behind.