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Kenai Fjords National Park

Pictures by QT Luong

[1 : Overview][2 : Exit Glacier Views] [3 : Exit Glacier Ice] [4 : Harding Icefield]
[5 : Marmot Meadows] [6 : Harding Icefield trail views] [7 : Aialik Bay] [8 : Northwestern Fjord]
[9 : Wildlife] [10 : People on trail] [11 : People on boat] [All]

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Kenai Fjords, just 130 miles south of Anchorage, is made of a range of coastal mountains which slowly sink into the ocean, transforming its former glacial valleys into long fjords with rocky and steep walls. More than half of the park is covered by the Harding ice field, a vestige of the huge ice sheet that covered Alaska during the last glacial age. The largest ice field in North America, it is at some places more than one mile thick. Like islands in a sea of ice, only the top of mountain peaks, called nunataks, emerge from the vast icy expense.

Only one small section of the park can be reached by the road, the Exit glacier. A short trail offers easy access to the front of the retreating glacier, while a longer trail let you climb 3000 vertical feet along it. You pass through the lush Marmot Meadows, enjoy great views, and have a glimpse at the Harding field from which it spills. However, the only way to judge the immensity of the Harding field is to see it from above, on a scenic flight. The cruise up one of the fjords let you have a look at the parks abundant shorebirds and marine life, as well as a few tidewater glaciers.

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Resurrection River and Exit Glacier, early morning. Kenai Fjords National Park (color) Frozen glacial pond and front of Exit Glacier, early morning. Kenai Fjords National Park (color) Dark glacial plain floor and Exit Glacier. Kenai Fjords National Park (color) Grey and blue ice detail at the terminus of Exit Glacier. Kenai Fjords National Park (color) Glacial ice detail at the terminus of Exit Glacier. Kenai Fjords National Park (color) Marmot Meadows and Resurection Mountains. Kenai Fjords National Park (color) Wildflowers at Marmot Meadows, and Exit Glacier. Kenai Fjords National Park (color) Resurrection Mountains emerging from clouds at sunset. Kenai Fjords National Park (color) Hiker standing on overlook above Harding icefield. Kenai Fjords National Park (color) Harding Icefield and clouds, sunset. Kenai Fjords National Park (color) Aerial view of Harding icefield and Nunataks. Kenai Fjords National Park (color) Aerial view of river. Kenai Fjords National Park (color) Peaks and fog. Kenai Fjords National Park (color) Rocky islet and snowy peaks, Aialik Bay. Kenai Fjords National Park (color) Islands in Aialik Bay. Kenai Fjords National Park (color) Rock with cormorant and sea lions in Aialik Bay. Kenai Fjords National Park (color) Whale fluke and forest, Aialik Bay. Kenai Fjords National Park (color) Aerial view of the front of Bear Glacier. Kenai Fjords National Park (color) Icebergs in Northwestern Lagoon, Northwestern Fjord. Kenai Fjords National Park (color) Northwestern tidewater glacier and steep cliffs, Northwestern Fjord. Kenai Fjords National Park (color) Waterfall, Cataract Cove, Northwestern Fjord. Kenai Fjords National Park (color) People looking at glaciers as boat crosses ice-chocked waters, Northwestern Fjord. Kenai Fjords National Park (color)

All text and photos © QT Luong. See conditions for use of images. There are 22 color pictures on this page out of 186 color pictures of Kenai Fjords.

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