Annette Kirby, Glacier start to end (Doco/Photojournalism (2019))

I was in awe as we sailed our chartered small boat into Icy Bay, Alaska and saw the soaring mountains where Chenega Glacier begins. We carefully wove in and out of the spectacularly beautiful shaped ice sculptures until we were moored one kilometre from the face of Ghenega Glacier. Spanning for one kilometre in width and half a kilometre high was a textured mass of ice with icy jagged peaks glistening in the bright sun light. Then a huge crack, like a lightening hitting the ground, a roar and the ice calfs into the ocean with a crash and huge spray of water. Gulls dive into the water as it crashes searching for fish. A wave is formed from the huge crashing ice and our boat rocks gently as the wave hits it. Soon it was time to leave and as we leave Icy Bay we again weave past spectacular ice sculptures, which were part of the glacier and now are slowly melting into the ocean.

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