Glacier Bay
Icy Alaskan waters
Glacier Bay is a bay and national park in southeastern Alaska, known for its tidewater glaciers, fjords, and marine wildlife.
The park preserves one of the world's most dramatic examples of glacial retreat—when naturalist John Muir visited in 1879, ice covered areas now open water.
We watched calving glaciers from the cruise ship in Glacier Bay.
- fjordGlacially carved coastal inlet
- inletWater extending into land
- calvingIce mass separation
- JuneauLargest U.S. state's capital
- humpback whaleLarge singing baleen cetacean
salmon · moraine · sea otter · hiking trail · wildlife viewing · native land · John Muir · kelp forest · grizzly bear · kayak · icefield · oral tradition · bald eagle · indigenous knowledge · climate change impact · archipelago · sea kayaking · Alaska
- National PreservesMojave
- Northern ParksDenali, Banff, Jasper, Denali National Park, Svalbard
- Alaska Waterways
- Southeast AlaskaJuneau, Sitka, Ketchikan, Skagway, Haines
- AlaskaFairbanks, Juneau, Denali, Sitka, Kodiak
- Bays and GulfsGulf of Mexico, Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Finland, Gulf of Guinea
Glacier Baytropical waters
Seas near the equator
Caribbean Sea · Red Sea · Coral Sea · Hawaiian waters · warm seas
Glacier BayGreat Barrier Reef
Vast coral formation near Australia
coral reef · tropical reef · Maldives · Florida Keys · Seychelles