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Ranger Minutes
Glacier Bay Ranger Minutes
Ranger Minutes are short audiocasts or videocasts in which a park ranger shares interesting stories and information about Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve. Current Ranger Minutes are listed below, and more are sure to come...
 
Exploring Bartlett Cove

Discover the highlights of Bartlett Cove

Exploring Bartlett Cove
Join Ranger Tim and discover available activities, trails, lodging, and things not to miss at this remote wilderness outpost.
3 min, Windows Media Format    text version

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Glacier Bay Ranger Minute

The return of life to barren lands

Plant Succession
Take a journey through time with ranger Jeff to find how plants can return to the barren landscape left behind by a retreating glacier.
3 min, Window Media Format text version

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Glacier Bay past and present

Glaciers: Then & Now
Experience the fastest documented glacial retreat through a montage of historic and modern photographs.
5 min, Windows Media

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Getting the most from your cruise ship visit

Join ranger Sierra and learn how to experience the "best of the bay" during your cruise visit!

 
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French Language Ranger Minute
 
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Spanish Language Ranger Minute
Mt Fairweather  

Did You Know?
Captain James Cook named the tallest mountain in Glacier Bay, Mount Fairweather, in 1778. As Southeast Alaska is a temperate rainforest, with an average of only 50 sunny days a year, it would require fair-weather to see that mountain.

Last Updated: September 10, 2009 at 17:50 EST