Margerie & Grand Pacific Glaciers

At the head of Tara Inlet are these 2 glaciers. They are 65 miles from the sea. In the late 1700's the glaciers extended right to the ocean through Glacier Bay.

There are seals floating on the calved ice chunks and the glacier groans as it moves and sheds ice. Margerie Glacier is considered fast moving. Grand Pacific Glacier is really huge but the amount of dirt and silt at the face is banked right up. It's not till you get away from the face that you see the ice behind - very wide and stretching far inland. We stay at the head of these 2 glaciers for over 90 minutes before slowly. It's a long way back through Glacier Bay. It will be around 8pm before we are back to the Gulf.En savoir plus