Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, United States Travel Blogs

Falling Ice
Jul 6, 2004 (11 photos)

... 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 ...

Glacier Bay scenic cruising
Sep 8, 2008 (8 photos)

... 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             & ...

Day 6 Glacier Bay National Park
Jun 13, 2009

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 ...

Glacier Bay
Jul 26, 2009 (9 photos)

... 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 ...

We're at sea
Jun 3, 2008 (1 photos)

... 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' ...

Pepper spray and securirty
Jul 21, 2009 (7 photos)

... 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. ...

Glacier glory
May 30, 2007 (2 photos)

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.....

What's With Us & the Gold Rush?
Jun 21, 2008

... lady 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 ...

Brrrrrrrr--Glaciers & Whales
Aug 6, 2008 (13 photos)

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 ...

Glacier Bay
Aug 22, 2006

... 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 pictures ...

Of Ice and Whales
Jun 27, 2009 (7 photos)

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 ...

An 8 hour tour
Jul 22, 2009 (12 photos)

... 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 some ...

Crusing thru Glacier Bay
Aug 28, 2008 (37 photos)

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

I took too many pictures of Glaciers...
Jul 4, 2009 (10 photos)

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 see ...

Greatest Place on Earth
Jul 2, 2009 (5 photos)

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 them ...

Jul 06, 2009
Jun 23, 2009 (1 photos)

Day 10: Glacier Bay
Jul 7, 2008

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Glacier Bay
Aug 29, 2009 (13 photos)

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 ...

Glacier Bay National Park
Aug 26, 2009 (6 photos)

... get 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.& ...

Happy Canada Day
Jul 1, 2009 (4 photos)

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 ...

Cruising Glacier Bay
Jun 11, 2009

A day watching the glaciers from the deck of the ship