This is the amazing Tunabreen.
Tunabreen with its lovely blue ice against the milky chocolate coloured water.
To get here I caught the fast hybrid speedboat Kvitbjørn. One of the big differences between the speedboat and bigger boats was the rolling motion so disliked by seedy-feeling non-sailors was replaced by a regular thump as we hit the waves at pace. This for some reason seems more acceptable. The increase in speed also means increase in wind chill, and today was already several notches colder than it had been.
As we stealthily glided toward the glacier with the quiet electric motors running, there was a strange sound coming from the water. Glacier ice is packed with tiny air bubbles trapped inside, so as the floating ice is exposed to sea water and melts, the air in the bubbles is released – popping in a melodic chorus.
Not so melodic is the thunder rumble and crash of massive chunks of glacial ice calving and hitting the water, sending bits flying and sending out sizable waves.
The glacier calving, with massive slabs of ice crashing into the water.