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Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska

We stayed in Glacier Bay Lodge and took a boat tour of this beautiful park where we saw lots of wildlife - mostly from a distance.

Below: We saw puffins and a bald eagle standing on an iceberg ...



... otters and a grizzly bear ...



... humpback whales and killer whales ...



... a harbor seal ...



... lots of sea lions ...



... and some mountain goats high on a hill.



Below: Of course we saw glaciers up close. This is the 21-mile-long Margerie Glacier. There was some crackling and small pieces of ice dropping into the bay but no big calving occured. When you're next to a large glacier it's like being next to your refrigerator with the freezer door open.



Below: The deep blue ice of the Lamplugh Glacier.



Below: We netted a chunk of ice from the bay. The ranger said that some of this ice is made from snow that fell 1,000 years ago.



Below: It was a cold, rainy day but we got to see some wonderful things.