• North to Alaska By RV 2021
    1An 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.1A 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.2Ice Sculpture — Miles Lake, AK.River of Ice across Miles Lake, AK.1Blue Iceberg calved off Miles Glacier — AK.Blue Iceberg calved off Miles Glacier ... from a different angle — AK.1Accordion base of a well-worn iceberg — Miles Lake, AK.Ice alternating with moraine — Miles Lake, AK.

    Miles Glacier

    July 14, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 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.    Read more