Aialik Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska.
I’m back from a wonderful 3 day photo tour into Kenai Fjords National Park! We saw a wide range of wildlife including a number of whales, and visited a variety of amazing landscapes, it was a lot of fun thanks in large part to a great group of passionate nature lovers.
This is the research vessel that served as our “mother ship” anchored in front of Aialik Glacier the first night of our trip. What a place to spend the night! We watched a huge section of this mile wide glacier calve late in the evening – by far the biggest calving event I have ever seen. The resulting wave roared along the nearby shoreline. Surprisingly, unlike smaller calving events, the wave that past under the vessel was barely noticeable – it was more like a big wide swell then a wave. I should note, telephoto compression does make the boat appear closer to the glacier then we really were.
Our awesome Captain Mike bringing us back from a shore excursion for bear and landscape photography.
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Looks like a nice group
Thanks Dennis – they were a very nice group.
Beautiful area! I enjoyed my day at the Columbia glacier years ago and this brings back fond memories. thanks for sharing!
Looks like you had a great trip. I love Donna’s smile!
Ron, I’ve been visiting your blog for some time now. It’s great and it helped inspire me to try doing my own. I look forward to your next post.
Thanks guys!
Sounds like you had a great group!
Looks like fun! What is calving?
Good questions Toby – it is when a big section of glacier breaks off and falls into the ocean.
What and interesting trip…lovely place.
Looked like it was a great trip. Do you ever take groups to Katmai N.P.?
Ron, has the new lodge impacted the area at all? It was under construction when we visited.
@ Husac – It really is, thanks.
@ Ron I don’t do any to Katmai, but I do offer a bear / puffin trip to Lake Clark where there are far fewer people. You can read more here: http://www.wildnatureimages.com/Photo-Tours/Bear-Photo-Tour.htm
@ Ben Good question. You can’t see it at all from Aialik Bay. We didn’t get into Pedersen on this trip so I don’t know if you can see it from there.
Ron, thank you for an AWESOME adventure! I truly enjoy every minute! I would do it again in heartbeat.
Thanks a lot Donna!