Glacier Bay Lodge & Tours | Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve
Located beneath the spruce trees that line Bartlett Cove, Glacier Bay Lodge offers the only hotel accommodations within the park.
Glacier Bay Tours provides an up-close view of marine and coastal wildlife alongside massive glaciers from aboard a high speed catamaran.
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Glacier Bay National Park Tour
One of several national parks in Alaska, Glacier Bay National Park rests in Southeast Alaska in the heart of the famed Inside Passage. Unfortunately, other than a road to the visitor center and lodge there are no roads that traverse the park. Therefore, many opt to hop aboard boats like this one that departs daily from Bartlett Cove.
On a normal day visitors are treated to encounters with humpback whales, mountain goats, bald eagles, wolves, stellar sea lions, sea otters, black and grizzly bears and puffins and other wildlife. Meanwhile, glaciers tend to capture the biggest smiles.
The tour commences at Bartlett Cove in front of Glacier Bay Lodge and heads up the Sitakaday Narrows towards Strawberry and Willoughby Island. It then passes South and North Marble Islands, where stellar sea lions and puffins awe visitors. Continuing on deeper into Glacier Bay face of Gloomy Knob and Mt Abdallah bring the chance of spotting bears and mountain goats. From here the boat cruises into the Tarr Inlet where two glaciers, the Grand Pacific and Margerie, is found.
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“Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is in the Alaska panhandle west of Juneau. President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the area around Glacier Bay a national monumentunder the Antiquities Act on February 25, 1925.[3] Subsequent to an expansion of the monument by President Jimmy Carter in 1978, the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) enlarged the national monument by 523,000 acres (2116.5 km2) on December 2, 1980 and in the process created Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve,[4] with 57,000 additional acres (230.7 km2) of public land designated as national preserve to the immediate northwest of the park in order to protect a portion of the Alsek River and related fish and wildlife habitats while allowing sport hunting.
“Glacier Bay became part of a binational UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979, was inscribed as a Biosphere Reserve in 1986 and in 1994 undertook an obligation to work with Hoonah and Yakutat Tlingit Native American organizations in the management of the protected area.[5] In total the park and preserve cover 5,130 square miles (13,287 km2). Most of Glacier Bay is designated wilderness area which covers 4,164 square miles (10,784 km2).”
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Glacier Bay National Park
Recorded June 21, 2007.
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is located in the southern part of Alaska west of Juneau. The park area was included in an International Biosphere Reserve in 1986 and is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The park covers 5,130 square miles. Most of the park is a designated wilderness area which covers 4,164 square miles of the park. No roads lead to the park and it is most easily reached by air travel. During some summers there are ferries to the small community of Gustavus or directly to the marina at Bartlett Cove. Despite the lack of roads, there are over 300,000 visitors per year, most on cruise ships. Glaciers descending from high snow capped mountains into the bay create spectacular displays of ice and iceberg formation. In the last century the bays most famous glacier was probably the Muir Glacier, at one time nearly 2 miles wide and about 265 feet tall. The Muir Glacier has receded and since the 1990s is no longer tidewater. Most visitors today see the Margerie and Lamplugh Glaciers.
This video covers my visit to the national park on the Sapphire Princess. Most of the video is of the Lamplugh Glacier, the John Hopkins Inlet and Margerie Glacier.
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Glacier Bay National Park - Coral Princess, Alaska USA
This was filmed aboard the Coral Princess during our Alaska Cruise. This National Park is only accessible by boat or plane. From Juneau, take a flight to Gustavus, then take the bus to Glacier Bay Lodge and Bartlett Cove Campground.
Proclaimed Glacier Bay National Monument on February 25, 1925 and established as a national park and preserve on December 2, 1980.
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Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska from cruise ship
Exploring Glacier Bay Alaska from Norwegian Cruise Line cruise ship which was nearly a full day experience.
Glacier Bay itself is the part of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve which is a vast area of southeast Alaska’s Inside Passage, a coastal route plied by cruise ships and other vessels. Stretching north of the town of Gustavus, the bay is flanked by high peaks, including Mount Fairweather, and glaciers like the huge Grand Pacific Glacier. Bartlett Cove is the starting point for forest and riverside trails. Wildlife includes humpback whales and puffins.
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Sea otter - Bartlett Cove, Glacier Bay, Alaska
Sea otter taking a floating bath in Bartlett Cove, Glacier Bay, Alaska
My best glacier and whale shots from Alaska
I shot a lot of video during an Alaska cruise on the Coral Princess in June, 2014. Here are the best shots I got of whales and glaciers.
The shots of the glacier calving were in Glacier Bay, although I can't recall exactly which glacier it was because we saw so many!
The whale shots were taken during a whale watching excursion in Juneau. With a big 100-400mm zoom lens I was able to get some good shots of spouting and breaching whales. When you see the tails go up in the air, that means they are about to go for a deep dive and you won't see them again for a while!
The final shot is of the Norwegian Pearl cruise ship in Glacier Bay.
All of these videos were shot with a Canon EOS 70D.
Johns Hopkins Glacier Calving Alaska 360 video Baranof Wind Bartlett Cove
John Hopkins Glacier Calving Alaska 360 video
Johns Hopkins Glacier is a 12-mile (19 km) long glacier located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins on the east slopes of Lituya Mountain and Mount Salisbury, and trends east to the head of Johns Hopkins Inlet, 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of the terminus of Clark Glacier and 79 miles (127 km) northwest of Hoonah. It was named after Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland in 1893 by Harry Fielding Reid.[1] It is one of the few advancing tidewater glaciers of the Fairweather Range.[2] Access to the face of the glacier is limited to the Johns Hopkins Inlet.
Glacier Bay National Park Day Trip - Glacier Guides www.glacierguidesinc.com
This exclusive Charter takes you on an intimate cruise into Glacier Bay National Park. Schedule your departure from the dock as you wish for an 8-hour custom tour of Glacier Bay.
It all begins with your departure from Glacier Bay Park headquarters in Bartlett Cove, and there commences a gorgeous two hour ride up Glacier Bay's East Arm to McBride Glacier. McBride Inlet is an intriguing area with a narrow opening in what was the terminal moraine of McBride Glacier many years ago that now leads into an extensive fjord almost three miles long where the face of the glacier now reaches the ocean. This makes for an interesting and engaging paddle that won't soon be forgotten. The Kayaks will be launched outside the mouth of the moraine, and you will spend the next few hours paddling and exploring the Inlet.
Johns Hopkins Glacier
This was a huge calving!
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Glacier Bay National Park Humpback Whales In Kayak
Glacier Bay National Park Humpback Whales: Caleb and I on our kayaking adventure ran across these whales feeding in Bartlett Cove.
Humpbacks again in Bartlett Cove, Glacier Bay, Alaska
Kayak Tours through McBride Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park www.glacierguidesinc.com
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See ancient icebergs from the unique perspective of a kayak
Your Adventure Awaits! Imagine sitting in a kayak paddling among ancient towering icebergs inside Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve...
It all begins with your departure from Glacier Bay Park headquarters in Bartlett Cove, and there commences a gorgeous two hour ride up Glacier Bay's East Arm to McBride Glacier. McBride Inlet is an intriguing area with a narrow opening in what was the terminal moraine of McBride Glacier many years ago that now leads into an extensive fjord almost three miles long where the face of the glacier now reaches the ocean. This makes for an interesting and engaging paddle that won't soon be forgotten. The Kayaks will be launched outside the mouth of the moraine, and you will spend the next few hours paddling and exploring the Inlet.
Alaska-Glacier Bay Wildlife, May2011
A photographic journey in Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park aboard the M/V Sea Wolf. Music: The Spirit of Alaska by
Tim Heintz, David Goldblatt, Bill Mize, Grant Geissman, Melissa Hasin, Martha Jacobs, Dan Higgins & Lee Ann Harris
Wildlife encountered: black bears, eagles, grizzly bears, humpback whales, killer whales (orca), sea otters, sea lions, common mergansers, black oystercatchers, starfish, harbor porpoises, scoters, harlequin ducks, tufted puffins, mountain goats, harbor seals, pigeon guillimots, northern shovelers, black-legged kittiwakes, cormorants, loons, barrow's goldeneyes, pine marten, marmot.
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Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
00:01:43 1 Geology
00:05:11 2 Geography
00:07:26 3 Climate
00:07:35 4 Environment
00:08:33 4.1 Glaciers
00:09:40 4.1.1 Glacial retreat
00:10:52 4.2 Ecosystems
00:11:34 4.3 Fauna
00:12:21 5 Activities
00:14:13 6 Human history
00:14:22 6.1 Prehistory and exploration
00:19:10 6.2 National monument
00:23:03 6.3 National park and preserve
00:24:25 7 World Heritage Site
00:25:02 8 See also
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Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is an American national park located in Southeast Alaska west of Juneau. President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the area around Glacier Bay a national monument under the Antiquities Act on February 25, 1925. Subsequent to an expansion of the monument by President Jimmy Carter in 1978, the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) enlarged the national monument by 523,000 acres (817.2 sq mi; 2,116.5 km2) on December 2, 1980, and created Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. The national preserve encompasses 58,406 acres (91.3 sq mi; 236.4 km2) of public land to the immediate northwest of the park, protecting a portion of the Alsek River with its fish and wildlife habitats, while allowing sport hunting.
Glacier Bay became part of a binational UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979, and was inscribed as a Biosphere Reserve in 1986. The National Park Service undertook an obligation to work with Hoonah and Yakutat Tlingit Native American organizations in the management of the protected area in 1994. The park and preserve cover a total of 3,223,384 acres (5,037 sq mi; 13,045 km2), with 2,770,000 acres (4,328 sq mi; 11,210 km2) being designated as a wilderness area.
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Evening sky and humpback whales - Bartlett Cove, Glacier Bay, Alaska
Golden evening sky and humpback whales in Bartlett Cove, Glacier Bay, Alaska
Kayaking with sea otters - Bartlett Cove, Glacier Bay, Alaska
Kayaking with sea otters - Bartlett Cove, Glacier Bay, Alaska