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Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve

Photo Gallery

Glacier Bay Tour Boat photo gallery

Enjoy Glacier Bay from the deck of a tour boat.

Marble Islands and sea lions panorama

Marble Islands and sea lions with fairweather mountains backdrop

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Searching the shore

Searching the shoreline for wildlife

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At the face of a glacier

Tour boats can get up close to beautiful tidewater glaciers

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Wildlife Viewing

Tour boat passengers are sometimes treated with viewing bears on the beach.

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Multiple ways to see the Bay

Spectacular scenery at the mouth of Johns Hopkins Inlet.

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Fairweather Day

There are those rare days in May when there is snow to the ocean and the 15,000 foot peaks of Mt. Fairweather are visible!

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Meltwater Stream Cave

Melt water running through the Lamplugh Glacier forms a cave at the glacier's face.

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Patterns of Snow on Ice

This year's snow forms striking patterns on the old glacier ice.

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Clouds and Mist

Clouds and mist hanging in the mountains add to the mystery of Glacier Bay.

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Glacier calving

Sometimes huge pieces of ice fall, or calve from the glacier's face.

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Glacially carved valley

Glaciers carve u-shaped valleys.

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Sea Lions hauled out on rocks

Sea Lions use South Marble Island as a place to rest between feeding times.

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The Breath of a Whale

The blow of a Humpback whale is often the first thing that identifies this enormous, mermerizing creature.

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Tufted Puffin

The Tufted Puffin nests in burrows in Glacier Bay National Park.

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Bulldozed by a glacier

Glaciers are not just ice. They are also sand, rock and gravel.

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A Pod of Orca

Always present, but not always seen, Orca prowl Glacier Bay's waters.

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Tour Boat at the Face of a Glacier

What appears to be a wall of ice is really the end of a 21 mile (34 k) long river.

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Cloudy weather in Glacier Bay

Visitors to Glacier Bay should be prepared for cool temperatures, rainy weather and gorgeous views.

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Whale flukes

Before a longer, deeper dive, Humpback whales will show their 16 foot (4.8 m) wide tail.

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Tour boat approaches the glaciers

Tour boat approaches the glaciers

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