In 1794, Captain George Vancouver described the small five-mile inlet of Glacier Bay as "a sheet of ice as far as the eye could distinguish." The glacial wall of ice was more than 20 miles wide and in some places more than 4,000 feet deep.
John Muir visited Glacier Bay in 1879 with a group of the native Tglingit, the ice had retreated 40 miles up the bay.
Each ship that enters Glacier Bay takes aboard a park ranger. The ranger provides commentary throughout the day about glaciers, wildlife, and the bay's history.
Glacier Bay has 16 major tidewater glaciers and 30 valley or alpine glaciers.
Grand Pacific Glacier
Lamplugh Glacier
Margerie Glacier
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