This is the aft view from the Norwegian cruise ship Jewel as we sail north to Alaska. I spent hours out here living with the sounds, the smells, and the constantly shifting waters of the living Pacific ocean. It is just mind-blowing to be on the open sea.

Sawyer Glacier Alaska — It’s alive frozen water and a community of ancestors.

This is a massive ice sheet.

The cruise ships are big, but the ocean is vast.