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Glaciers…up close and personal

The Kenai Fjords National Park covers almost 700,000 acres and is home to 38 glaciers, all but one is accessible only by water. We were a short walk to the 96 foot catamaran for a 5 hour adventure on a beautiful day.

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The next day, we were on our way to the Alyeska Resort, from where we drove to take another vessel to view a glacier that stands 700 feet high and has a nearby waterfall that shoots water a distance of 35 feet. We were so close to the Blackstone and Beloit Glaciers that we could hear them calve (drop massive chunks of glacial ice into the water).

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