Cruising Glacier Bay National Park
Cruise ships are one way to explore Glacier Bay National Park.
Kurt Repanshek
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 11th, 2011 11:28am
Glacier Bay National Park
National Park Mystery Photo 37 Revealed: It Floats On Water
To find this boomer, you really need to travel far in the National Park System.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 1st, 2011 5:59am
Musings from Glacier Bay National Park
It was a familiar sound, and yet unfamiliar. I was out of place: heading into the woods at Bartlett Cove along the coast of Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska, not the Rocky Mountains, and the whooshing sound startled me.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 15th, 2011 3:00am
Visit Your Park: Glacier Bay and Shenandoah National Parks Now in the Archives
If you haven't been checking the Visit Your Park section recently, know that two more parks have been added to the archives: Glacier Bay National Park and Shenandoah National Park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 4th, 2011 3:00am
Birthing Ground For Glaciers
The main attraction of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve for many is its glaciers, seven of which are "tidewater" glaciers, or glaciers that run down and spill into the ocean.
While most of the park's glaciers are in retreat, one of the seven tidewater glaciers that continues to grow is the Johns Hopkins Glacier, which runs below Mount Salisbury, a 12,000-foot peak that catches abundant amounts of snow from Pacific-born storms.
Kurt Repanshek
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 23rd, 2011 7:52am
Glacier Bay National Park Officials Propose To Hold 2012 Cruise Ship Quotas Level With 2011
Glacier Bay National Park officials are proposed to hold the line on cruise ship quotas in 2012 at 2011 levels.
Whale Carcass Leads To Closures at Glacier Bay National Park
When was the last time you had to reroute your hike because of a whale carcass? That's the situation at Glacier Bay National Park, where the remains of a humpback whale have come ashore and turned into a magnet for bears and other scavengers.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 13th, 2011 2:15am
A Walk Around Alaska, The Andrew Skurka Story
What could possibly inspire someone to circumnavigate Alaska, traveling 4,678.8 miles by foot, ski, and inflatable raft? For Andrew Skurka, the challenge was both physical and mental and an underlying desire to "take advantage of the 70, 80 years that I've got on this planet."
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 20th, 2011 5:18am
Watching Climate Change Across the National Park System
Across the National Park System many changes are expected from climate change, from more wildfires and vanishing glaciers to invasions of non-native species and flight of long-term residents. Writer/photographer Michael Lanza, concerned that today's park landscapes will change significantly by the time his young kids are his age, has been touring the park system with his family to show his children what they might miss later in life.
- By Michael Lanza - January 19th, 2011 3:15am
2010 in Review: Traveler's Checklists
This year we posted 16 Traveler's Checklists to help you plan your park visits. Did you miss any? Here's a list with handy links.
- By Bob Janiskee - December 27th, 2010 4:15am
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