Glacier Bay NP Album |
Glacier Bay is located in the panhandle of Alaska. When it was discovered in 1750 the glaciers came out into the bay 50 miles further than they do today. It is 3.3 million acres of pure nature and is visited by 432,000 a year. |
The mountains rise 9000 feet at shoreline. |
The park entrance from the sea. |
Margerie Glacier is a mile across and the largest glacier in the park. |
Our ship approaching one of the many glaciers. |
Margerie Glacier is constantly calving ice. It makes a sharp cracking sound. |
One of the cruise ships viewing the park. |
The sharp rise of the mountains from shoreline is unique to this area. |
The ice from the glacier creates many iceburgs. |
The ice is blue and crystal clean after centuries in the glacer. |