This is a moraine a pile of rocky
debris that has been carried and pushed by a
glacier, I think it's a terminal moraine which means
that it's pushed by the front of the glacier as it
proceeded. The glacier then retreated so making a
sea-water lagoon in front of it which is where we
are standing.
My main memory of this day is of an intense clarity
and cleanliness.
There was also a polar bear some where on the land
at the far side of the glacier in this picture that
we saw through binoculars, despite being invited to
"come and have a go if you think you're hard enough"
he evidently decided that he wasn't and so kept his
distance.
Picture
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