Glacier Bay seemed the perfect spot to start such a project. Today, his is the longest-running research program in Glacier Bay National Park, a protected area of mountain peaks, lush temperate ...

You wouldn’t be the first to confuse Glacier National Park with Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. “We hear a lot from people who want to see Glacier National Park, and we have to point them in a ...

GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK, Alaska >> A giant, hollow breath, deep as a crevasse, breaks the predawn quiet. Just off the lip of the shallow, rocky beach where my tent is pitched, a 40-ton behemoth is ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Even in a state as saturated with dramatic peaks and geological marvels as Colorado, it’s thrilling to get up close and personal with something as grand — ...

Gideon Brosowsky was excited to see his first glacier, dreaming of massive ice like he saw in the movie “Titanic.” But when the incoming high school junior arrived at Alaska’s Juneau Icefield on a ...

Ecologists are told to visit the tropics to fully appreciate the earth’s myriad plant and animal interactions. But what about the other end of the environmental spectrum − the frozen northland? I ...

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is a must for many Alaska cruise passengers. But a slate of upcoming itineraries will feature extra-long visits. While cruise ships typically spend between nine ...

Pushing off from the dock on a boat called the Capelin, Sandy Milner’s small team of scientists heads north, navigating through patchy fog past a behemoth cruise ship. As the Capelin slows to motor ...

Pushing off from the dock on a boat called the Capelin, Sandy Milner’s small team of scientists heads north, navigating through patchy fog past a behemoth cruise ship. As the Capelin slows to motor ...