Cruises from Holgate Glacier
Holgate Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Alaska, in Kenai Fjords National Park, on the northern rim of the Gulf of Alaska. It lies to the SW of Seward, the nearest cruise ship port. The glacier flows outward from the Harding Icefield toward Holgate Arm off Aialik Bay. (An icefield is a large body of glacial ice astride a mountain.) The 780 sq.km. Harding Icefield originates in the Kenai Mountains, receives 18m of snowfall annually, and spawns around 40 glaciers.
Read moreIt is the largest ice field contained wholly within the United States. Tour boats from Seward, about 80km by sea to the NE, offer tourists the opportunity to view the glacier.
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