Hubbard Glacier. Yakutat Bay Seascapes
by Connie Fox
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Hubbard Glacier. Yakutat Bay Seascapes
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Connie Fox
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Photograph - Outdoor Color Photo
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At 76 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 or valley glaciers, descend to the sea and usually break off into icebergs. If you see white dots of varying sizes in the waters of this and other beautiful images in my Alaska Gallery, you are most likely seeing icebergs. Please take the time to enjoy them all of my images, especially these relaxing photographs of Alaska.
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 newly calved icebergs can 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. Yakutat Bay Seascapes
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October 5th, 2015
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