Hubbard Glacier Travel Blogs

Today we sailed to the Hubbard Glacier, which is said to be the largest, actively calving tidewater glacier in North America. It it is about 16,000 years old, 76 miles long, 6 miles wide along the ice cliff face, 450 feet above sea level and 380 feet below sea level. It is said that it advances 40 …

Today we are just cruising. Into the Hubbard Glacier. On the way a couple of local Indians are picked up and come on board to tell the story of the area and thier tribe.  The ship gets closer to the face of the glacier. Everything is so calm. Then you hear the noise like thunder as the ice is …

The Hubbard Glacier was absolutely amazing.  I figured glaciers are completely white, but apparently I was wrong.  They appear blue because of how dense the water concentration is or something like that.  You can see in the photos.  Anyway, we got up very early because we were g…

Hubbard glacier wasn't much. It reminded me of Titanic movie, yeah except without the boat sinking. Lots of ice, and freezing cold wind, bascially the boat passed through a small ice channel and Hubbard glacier is one of the glaciers we pass. Nice place to take pictures, and enjoy hot chocolate or …

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