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Alaska
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve lies west of Juneau, AK and can only be reached by plane or boat. The only road merely connects the small town of Gustavus and its airfield to park headquarters at Bartlett Cove (10 miles).
487 miles
Glacier Bay is a special place. Glacier Bay is a homeland, a living laboratory, a national park, a designated wilderness, a biosphere reserve, and a world heritage site. It’s a marine park, where great adventure awaits by boating into inlets, coves and hideaway harbors.
Why Glacier Bay , Alaska is Better The closest other glacier is not advancing and so does not calve much. Hubbard can be difficult to sail to at particular times of the Hubbard Glacier cruise season.
Glacier Bay was one of the highlights of our HAL cruisetour. It’s definitely worth seeing , and we didn’t see anything like it during the rest of our trip.
Cruise ships typically spend a full day (9-10 hours) in Glacier Bay including a stop at a major tidewater glacier . Note: Cruise ships do not dock anywhere in Glacier Bay National Park.
No cruise ships in Alaska’s Glacier Bay give whales ‘room to roam’ Seabourn introduces Alaska 2021 cruise schedule changes. Princess Cruises introduces 2022 Alaska cruises & cruisetours. Cunard opens bookings for 2022 cruises and Queen Mary 2’s Transatlantic Crossings.
By Car or “Road” You can ‘t drive to all the way to Juneau without taking the ferry, but you can get much of the way along the 1,500-mile Alaska -Canadian Highway (ALCAN).
Bering Glacier
Here are just a few of the more easily accessible glaciers in Alaska . Matanuska Glacier . Natural Feature. Facebook. Exit Glacier . Natural Feature. Facebook. Mendenhall Glacier . Natural Feature. Facebook. Portage Glacier . Natural Feature. Byron Glacier . Natural Feature. Spencer Glacier . Natural Feature. Root Glacier . Natural Feature.
Unlike most national parks , there is NO entrance fee to enter Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
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Glacier Bay offers the VT3322B1, one of the best all-in-one sinks for your kitchen. You won’t have to coordinate and buy half a dozen different products anymore. It is one of the most recognized brands owned by Home Depot Inc., USA, so you can rest assured about getting a high-quality sink .
Whichever month you visit , don’t miss our top must- see Alaska cruise destinations: Inside Passage. Glacier Bay National Park. Tracy Arm Fjord. Chicagof Island. Baranof Island. Sitka. Misty Fjords National Monument. Brothers Islands.