Alaska has over 100,000 glaciers!

Alaska has more glaciers than any other state in the U.S.A. and about 5% of Alaska’s land is covered by glaciers. Alaska’s top glacier viewing locations include Glacier Bay National Park, Prince William Sound, Kenai Fjords National Park, Denali National Park, and more.

The Northern Lights are a breathtaking magical display of light and color—truly one of nature’s wonders. The Northern Lights are the common name of the Aurora Borealis, named after the Roman goddess of the dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for north wind, Boreas. The Aurora is a natural electromagnetic phenomenon.

The Aurora is most visible in the clear night sky, so the best viewing times in Alaska are from late August to April when the nights are longer. The Aurora is usually best viewed in northern locations, but can regularly be viewed in Anchorage all across Alaska. Actually, the farther south the Aurora occurs, the brighter and more active it is.

Katmai National Park and Preserve encompasses almost 2 million hectares of pristine wilderness on the Alaska Peninsula, across from Kodiak Island in Southwestern Alaska. The park is home to the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, the result of a volcanic eruption in 1912 which buried more than 40-square-miles of wilderness under as much as 700 feet of ash. Fourteen active volcanoes lie within the park today. The town of King Salmon lies to the west of the Park and is the local gateway.
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Glacier Bay National Park is unique and beautiful park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that welcomes about 350,000 visitors each year as one of the most popular destinations in Alaska. The Glacier Bay area has 16 glaciers including 12 tidewater glaciers flowing into the sea, with 4 of the tidewater glaciers actively calving icebergs. Glacier Bay is located in the northern tip of Alaska’s Inside Passage, about 77 km west of Juneau by air.

The park has snow-capped mountain ranges rising to over 15,000 feet, coastal beaches with protected coves, deep fjords, tidewater glaciers, forests and rivers. As marine waters make up nearly one-fifth of the park, Glacier Bay is rich with marine life, including the endangered humpback whale, threatened Stellar sea lion, harbor seals, sea otters and porpoises. The land areas are home to a variety of wildlife and birds.

Kenai Fjords is a majestic land of deep glacier-carved fjords bounded by forested mountains and sharp cliffs. This rugged coastline has many beautiful tidewater glaciers and abundant marine wildlife. Huge house-sized icebergs often crash from the tidewater glaciers into the sea.
Kenai Fjords National Park is comprised of 1,760 square miles (2,833 square kilometers) of protected land on the southeast coast of the Kenai Peninsula. Snow and ice cover 60 percent of the park. The Harding Icefield is at the heart of the park, and about 40 glaciers flow from this great icefield. …