• Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park

    Kenai Fjords

    National Park Alaska

For Teachers

Ranger Luke with Plankton Bottle

NPSPhoto

Kenai Fjords National Park is home to a magical living classroom. Here students can witness the power of flowing rivers of ice and the resiliency of nature as plants and animals move back in after a glacier's retreat. The northern most extent of the temperate rainforest and the rich fjord estuary ecosystem are found here. Come and let us help you show your students the heart of Alaska in Kenai Fjords National Park.

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Did You Know?

resident pod of Orca whales

“Killer whales” or orcas are actually quite friendly and often inquisitive about humans. In fact, the group of “resident killer whales” pictured here feeds entirely on fish.  Only “transient killer whales” eat marine mammals. No wild killer whale has ever hurt a human being.