The first two pictures are of Margerie Glacier, the glacier that is most famous. To who? I don't know. But we are told it is the glacier that every body comes to see. It was so white that it has a blue glow about it.
When everyone was quiet, it was almost eerie, because you could constantly hear the cracks and groans of the glacier as it moved and shifted. We got to see a few smaller landslides into the water but no huge chunks fell off. But the sound that the ice made when it hit the water was crazy. It sounded like a shotgun going off in a valley. The noise was surprisingly loud and it echoed.
The next two pictures are of the Grand Pacific Glacier. It is the main glacier of the bay. I know that it does not look like a glacier but it is not a typical glacier. It is very dirty from all the rocks and dirt that it has picked up along its route to the ocean.
Not to bore anyone with historic details but a little over 200 years ago this glacier covered the entire length of what is now Glacier Bay. The Lodge is at the entrance of the bay but 200 years ago, where the lodge sits, was solid ice.
But we are told that "global warming" is not to blame but the retraction of the glacier to it's current location is do to natural causes, including the cohesiveness of salt water.
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