Glacier Bay Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

... of pictures of icebergs, sea lions, otters, mountains, and other glaciers. Eventually, we came within two miles of Harvard Glacier and slowly approached.  Our Captain has a reputation for getting his ship the closest to the glacier and he did a good ...

... 1.00am Transiting the Lynn Canal 6.25am Picked up Park Rangers at Bartlett Cove 10.00am 0.2nm off the face of Margerie Glacier 12.00nn 0.2nm off the face of John Hopkins Glacier             & ...

Glacier Bay. Today we entered Glacier Bay National Park which comprises 3.3 million acres of mountains, glaciers, forests and waterways. It is huge, it is nature and it is AWESOME! We spent about 6 hours in the park viewing 3 glaciers, a stayed about 1 ...

... going, with radar, for about four hours before the fog lifted.  We were on the 2nd day of our 3 day pass for Glacier Bay and were concerned we wouldn’t get to see everything  because of the fog. We called Bartlett Cove on VHF and asked to ...

... There were whitecaps on it, and the water was sloshing all over the place.  Anyway, things are better today and we will be entering glacier bay this morning.  Hopefully the clouds will break and we will get to see some of the sights.  We' ...

... hotel we’ll be staying at on Thursday and Friday, they are going to keep it there for us and our gear, while we fly to Glacier Bay National Park for two days. Grabbed a cab as we had several hours before our flight, and headed to Downtown Juneau. ...

Perhaps a bit of a disappointment. The ship didn't go too close, the glacier was very quiet and static, the view was hazy - and so the photo's are unimpressive.....

... said.... just close your ears to it and enjoy the ride! The next day we had the awesome experience of Glacier Bay.  Morning mist gave way to high cloud and a beautiful view of the glaciers.  Saw some ice calving and lots of seals.  This, however, was ...

We have spent the day cruising Glacier Bay--I am afraid my vocabulary isn't broad enough to describe the beauty of this experience.  The day started out foggy, but then we were blessed with better weather and actually had some sunshine. We got to ...

... plan to go after this. Anyways....I sat out on the deck and watch cargo ships get loaded by these massive cranes on the docks, and waited for departure. Around 4 we left the docks. I wandered around with my 35mm and a roll of Black and White gathering ...

We started the morning at the mouth of Glacier Bay. We picked up National Park Rangers at about 7:00 and they gave an on and off commentary of the sites in the bay. The views from on deck were some of the best of the trip. There was a slight cloud cover ...

... we spend the day here then fly back to Juneau around dinnertime, where we'll spend a few days and go see the Mendenhall Glacier, and go to a real Salmon Bake which sounds really fun. We'll also be going to the famous Red Dog Saloon in Juneau, to have ...

Great time cruising thru Glacier Bay National Park.  Unbelievable sights.

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is one of the main reasons to take an Alaskan cruise, just to witness the natural beauty of the park.  Just 250 years ago, Glacier Bay was all glacier and no bay, now you need to travel 65 miles up the bay to ...

Today was our favorite day. We spent about 5 hours sailing through Glacier Bay National Park and it was breathtaking!  A park ranger boarded our ship and pointed out sights, glaciers and facts.  We saw a bunch of glaciers and got so close to ...

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Our last two days on the ship were spent at sea…kind of. We spent Saturday cruising through Glacier Bay National Park, and on Sunday afternoon passed through College Fjord for "scenic cruising."  What this really meant is that at both places we ...

... our luggage and board the 4:00 shuttle for the airport.  Jim asked the driver to make a quick photo stop at the Glacier Bay National Park entrance sign. There were too many of us to fit on the small Wings of Alaska plane, so they used two planes.& ...

This was our last day at sea for a while. We spent the day cruising Glacier Bay. Glacier Bay National Park is accessible only by boat, and seeing it by cruise ship is the most common way. There are a number of tidewater glaciers (glaciers that reach the ...