This adds up to 15,500 miles of coastline. If you straighten out all these fjords, it would be 51,000 miles long. This shows the power of glacial erosion over time. Norway’s fjords are known for ...
There are dozens of glaciers in Kenai Fjords National Park. But temperatures in Alaska are increasing at twice the global average, and many of the park’s glaciers are experiencing rapid retreat.
Researchers found that climate change induced glacial melt increases the heavy metal content and changes the microbiome of habitat-forming brown algae in Arctic fjords. As algae are at the basis of ...
The only way in is by water, intricately, through a maze of deepwater fjords that ultimately leads to the snout of Pío XI. There glacial thunder fills the air—cracking, resonant reports from ...
Norway’s icy inlets get all the limelight – but Chile’s rugged gorges are one of South America’s most underrated wonders ...
A "fjord" is a Nordic term meaning a narrow waterway surrounded by sharp cliffs. So while Juneau's Mendenhall Glacier steals most of the tourist traffic, the 27-mile-long Tracy Arm Fjord is the ...
Kenai Fjords National Park is on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula and is dominated by two major icefields. The 19 glaciers included in the study are shown as blue dots. While Alaska glaciers are just a ...
Explore two of Alaska’s most stunning national parks — Kenai Fjords and Lake Clark — and experience some of North America’s wildest places. Incredible scenery abounds, from Alaska’s rugged coastline ...
Check out our week-long 3 Alaska National Parks Trip report including Denali National Park, Kenai Fjords National Park, and ...