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Glacier Bay National Park

Listed under National Parks in Alaska Northwest, United States.

Glacier Bay can be explored by cruise ship or kayak and features over two dozen tidewater glaciers as well as some of the tallest coastal mountains in the world, such as Mt. Fairweather (15,300 feet). Lots of wildlife can be seen in and around Glacier Bay.

Written by Mike Lyvers.

“Glacier Bay National Park”

White cliffs line this stretch of coast, but it’s not chalk, it’s ice, which creaks and groans painfully as it gradually crumbles into the see at the very end of it’s ancient journey down the length of these glaciers. When the bay was … Read more...

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Glacier Bay National Park

“Glacier Bay National Park”