Preserved as a National Monument (it is a UNESCO World Heritage
Site), Glacier Bay exists as an extraordinary collection of glaciers
in a contained region. Its glaciers descending from high snow capped
mountains into the bay create one of the world’s most spectacular
displays of ice and iceberg formation.
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Hubbard Glacier
Located at the head of Yakutat Bay, this is the longest and fastest
growing valley glacier in North America, known to move as fast as 100 feet a day. The ice
at the foot of this aged tidewater glacier is about 400 years old. This amazing glacier
is truly a sight to behold, routinely calving off icebergs the size of ten-story buildings.
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Sawyer Glacier
Though not as well known as Glacier Bay, it is at least as spectacular
if not more so, being framed by 7,000 foot high snowcapped mountains. Located in
the Tracy Arm Fjord, Sawyer Glacier rates as one of Alaska's most massive glaciers.
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