This afternoon we booked to go on a boat trip on the Tasman glacier lake and the opportunity to see the icebergs. The lake is full of rock flour so very cloudy but pure to drink.
The boats are small and can get close up to those icebergs that are the most stable, and a stunning backdrop of Mt Cook and Mt Tasman. The majority of the icebergs in the lake broke off during the Christchurch earthquake back in February.
We were able to taste some of the ice that was floating in the water.
We were very fortunate to see one of the icebergs turning and revealing the blue ice which is normally only under the water. The blue will only last about an hour before it turns white for exposure to the air.
Some of the icebergs were small and strange shapes.
We then went up to the Tasman Glacier, not too close in case any more ice broke off. The top of glacier is dirty with stones on top but can see the white ice underneath. The glacier is still retreating and the lake is expected to grow another 10km in length in the future. A most stunning trip and recommended!
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