An ice cave on the shores of Miles Lake — Miles Glacier, AK.

Carefully approaching the ice cave ... but not going inside — Miles Lake, AK.

Amazing color of the compacted ice inside the cave — Miles Lake, AK.

A video is the only way to capture this huge glacier — Miles Glacier across Miles Lake, AK.

A close-up look at the terminus of Miles Glacier, AK.

Blue Iceberg calved off Miles Glacier — AK.

Blue Iceberg calved off Miles Glacier ... from a different angle — AK.

Accordion base of a well-worn iceberg — Miles Lake, AK.

Ice alternating with moraine — Miles Lake, AK.

Miles Glacier

2021年7月14日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 55 °F

After our walk across the Million Dollar Bridge, we were supposed to get a presentation by a Forest Service Ranger about the sonar system used to count salmon in the Copper River. Alas, something must have come up and he was a no show.

So we continued on to the next part of our tour … Miles Glacier. Hopping in the jetboat, we motored over to Miles Lake. First we stopped at an ice cave. It’s never smart to enter an ice cave … especially one that is showing evidence of melting. It was interesting to see the deep blue in the depths of the cave.

We never got close to Miles Glacier … it was impressive nonetheless. What was even more impressive were the icebergs calved off of it … huge pieces that were jaw-dropping in their size. I just wish we had something that would have provided perspective for what our eyes beheld.もっと詳しく

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