Watching Ice

I know the title doesn't sound very thrilling. And it was my precise thoughts when my Bible study mentioned it on Wednesday night.

We're coming to Abashiri on Saturday to watch ice. You should come meet up with us!

What else would I do on a Saturday than watch ice? So I made the over 100km trek north to Abashiri, a town famous for its prison and ice.

This is no ordinary ice. It's drift ice. It comes down from...Russia? and floats around in the ocean.

And then we get on these big boats and drive through the drift ice.

Had the ice been any thicker, I'm sure we would've been like the Titanic.

I don't know who thought driving a boat through floating chunks of ice in the middle of the ocean during winter was a good idea, but it was really cool to watch. Unfortunately the pictures don't do our adventure any justice.

I honestly thought I was going to be looking at ice cubes in a cup of water...just on a much larger scale. But this was a true gem. I'm so grateful I had the chance to meet up with my friends and spend a day enjoying their company and discovering a little bit more about my island.