Immense beauty of Glaciers and Icebergs at Glacier Bay National Park… This Park is a highlight of Alaska’s Inside Passage and part of a 25-million acre UNESCO World Heritage Site—one of the world’s largest international protected areas. What starts as a loud crack like a rifle shot is also a sign of icebergs being born at Glacier Bay as glaciers break off or calve. It has more actively calving tidewater glaciers than anyplace else in the world. When a monumental chunk of ice splits off a glacier and thunders into the sea the impact shoots water hundreds of feet into the air. You hold your breath as you catch the moment and wait to happen again. Hundreds of icebergs in the picture and countless in the bay...
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 21:30:07 +0000
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