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​ Explore the Amazing Sites of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

From the snow-capped mountain tops to deep fjords, tidewater glaciers and freshwater streams, Glacier Bay National Park is a land of contrast just waiting to be explored...

Details to know if you want to come visit:

**Size**: 3,283,246 acres
 * Location**: Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve is located west of Juneau in southeastern [|Alaska]. Park headquarters is at Bartlett Cove, 65 miles from Juneau.
 * Getting here:** you must begin your experience of Glacier Bay in the same way 99% of all other people do: You must first arrive to the lovely little[| community of Gustavus in Southeast Alaska.]
 * Weather:** Summer temperatures is average of 50 to 60 degrees. Its best you come prepared for any type of weather, mostly rain.
 * Visitors:** There is thousands every summer months

** [|A][|ctivities and adventures] Glacier Bay National Park in Southeast Alaska offer visitors a fantastic selection of exciting wilderness adventures and activities to choose from.

[|Kayakers] will enjoy world class kayaking adventures...

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[|finest sportfishing charters and opportunities] Fisherman will be blown away by how great it is up here. Take an awesome [|charter boat tour] up the magical bay and snap pictures till your camera jams Theres also a [|wonderful 9 hole golf course in Gustavus].

There are also [|mountaineering] that goes on. Also glacier bay is known for there sight seeing so [|hiking] is a great activity to take a sneak peak. T here is no grander place on earth to [|flight seeing] than Glacier Bay National Park. to actually fully expierence glacier bay [|camping] would be the best idea. To have a wonderful pleasurable excercise [|biking] and [|cross country skiing] are both fantastic. If you love birds this is the place to come watch and take [|photos]

THE HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY Gacier Bay was first surveyed in detail in 1794 by a team from the //H.M.S. Discovery //, captained by George Vancouver. That massive glacier was more than 4,000 feet thick in places, up to 20 miles wide, and extended more than 100 miles to the St. Elias mountain range. By 1879, however, naturalist John Muir discovered that the ice had retreated more than 30 miles forming an actual bay. By 1916, the Grand Pacific Glacier – the main glacier credited with carving the bay – had melted back 60 miles to the head of what is now Tarr Inlet. Efforts for protection of Glacier Bay were made by John Muir and other conservationists, and in 1925 President Calvin Coolidge signed a proclamation creating Glacier Bay National Monument. At the time the monument contained less than half the area of the present park. In 1980, the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act elevated the monument to national park status and also extended the park boundary northwest to the Alsek River and Dry Bay. For all you history trivia buffs, here's a few important dates for Glacier Bay to remember: 1925= National Monument, 1980= National Park, 1986= Biosphere reserve, 1992= World Heritage Sight



The park has snow-capped mountain ranges rising to over 15,000 feet, coastal beaches with protected coves, deep fjords, tidewater glaciers, coastal and estuarine waters, and freshwater lakes. Steep, sculpted peaks and scoured, rock-strewn valleys show glacial activity and mark the advances and dating back over 115,000 years to before the Wisconsin Ice Age. T he sheltered waters of Glacier Bay ebb and flow with the region’s huge tides, which can change as much as 25 feet during a six-hour period. Ocean waves pound the beaches of the wild and remote Gulf of Alaska coast. Between the bay and the coast, snow-clad peaks of the Fairweather Range capture the moisture coming in off the Gulf of Alaska and, in turn, spawn the park’s largest glaciers. At the base of these lofty peaks, deglaciated foothills and outwash plains rapidly turn green as the ice melts and seeds find their way to the newly revealed land.



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