Hubbard Glacier Icebergs

by Connie Fox

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Hubbard Glacier Icebergs

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Connie Fox

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Photograph - Outdoor Color Photo

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Closeup photograph of two large white icebergs drifting in the chilly teal blue waters of Yakutat Bay, Alaska, in the area of Hubbard Glacier. Shot from above.

Seventy-six miles in length (122 kilometers), Hubbard Glacier is the longest tidewater glacier in North America, extending from eastern Alaska, U.S.A. to Yukon, Canada. Tidewater glaciers, also called mountain glaciers or valley glaciers, descend to the sea and usually break off into icebergs. The icebergs often appear as white dots of varying sizes in this and other beautiful images in my Alaska Gallery. Please take the time to enjoy them all.

According to Wikipedia, it takes about 400 years for ice to traverse the length of the glacier, meaning that the ice at the foot of the glacier is about 400 years old. The glacier routinely calves off icebergs the size of a ten-story building. Where the glacier meets the bay, most of the ice is below the waterline, and because this glacier is advancing rather than receding, enormous geological pressures cause newly calved icebergs to shoot up quite dramatically. Ships, therefore, must keep their distance from the edge of the glacier in Disenchantment Bay.

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Hubbard Glacier Icebergs by Connie Fox
Natural abstract fine-art photography

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October 6th, 2015

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