Hubbard Glacier

 

 

It takes about 400 years for ice to traverse the length of

the glacier, meaning that the ice at the foot of the

glacier is about 400 years old.  The glacier routinely

calves off icebergs the size of a ten-story building.

Where the glacier meets the shore, most of the ice is

below the waterline, and newly calved icebergs can shoot up quite

 dramatically, so that ships must keep their distance

from it as they ply their way up and down the coast.

 

 

 

 

 

The Hubbard Glacier is 76 miles long and extends

into the Yukon Territory.

 

 

 

 

 

We didn't have sunshine for good pictures! 

 

 

 

 

 

Mountain on the west side of the bay

opposite the Glacier.

 

You could hear the floating ice knocking against

the ship.

 

Leaving Hubbard Glacier.