As the ice melts and ‘adjusts’ it gives of “thawing sounds” exactly like those of your coldrink glasses. In Alaska many glaciers are so massive that their sounds of creaking ice travel for miles, reverberating through nearby towns. Glaciers are magnificent structures – literal “Rivers of Ice” they creak and groan under the thawing sun of the Alaskan summer. It’s no wonder each glacier has a name! and is referred so fondly too by the nearest town who claim it as their own. Their gigantic presence, soulful growls and slow advance, their multiple hues of blue, shades of white and fractions of light give their cold interior a character, a personality unique to each frozen body of ice. Several Rivers flow down from the high terrain and pass close to the town – not only rivers of ‘water’, but also Rivers of Ice – Glaciers!įor me, glaciers represent the most invigorating, divinely beautiful, climatically sculptured natural wonders of the world. Squeezed between the mountains and the sea, Cordova is very close to nature.

The surrounding forests and mountains are part of the town – they have a physical presence impossible to ignore – town locals have long accepted the wilderness as everyday. Wilderness and town life are intimately interwoven in Alaska, the capital Juneau for example cannot be reached from the interior by road! It’s not uncommon for bears and moose to sometimes wonder into the towns and cause dangerous havoc. I’d been in the US State a few weeks and had worked my way south to the quaint fishing town of Cordova. But, nothing is as amazing as fish being ‘handed’ to you as can happen in the short summers of the Alaskan wilderness. All you need, is to know what to listen for?.I love my fishing and have seen some interesting techniques to catch fish - including the use of fruit pips as bait for the Tambaqui – a large freshwater fish of the Amazon River.

It’s possible in certain parts of the world to catch really nice fish, (3 - 5kg!), without any boat, equipment or bait.

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