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Mid-Calve

            Although small, Holgate Glacier is active.  

On a recent catamaran tour of Kenai Fjords National Park from Seward, I was able to capture several images of this glacier calving small icebergs (known as growlers and bergy bits) into Ailik Bay.

Holgate Glacier is both a mountain and a tidewater glacier, meaning it fills a valley between two mountains, and it terminates in the sea, as shown here.  

Incomprehensibly massive sheets of ice, the flow and calving generate an incredible amount of sound, nut unlike artillery fire, followed by large splashes.  To get a sense of scale of the glacier shown in this image look to the lower right third of the image for three birds that are flying away from the calving portion.  

Better yet, take an opportunity to go visit Kenai Fjords National Park.  There are several options to experience this environment originating from Seward, Alaska.

Taken in: United States / Alaska / Skilak (historical) (show map)

Taken on: August 7, 2019

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