Kenai Fjords National Park

General Information about Kenai Fjords

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These boats are in the port of Seward.

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Steph and I took a day-cruise through the park on a small boat (about 50 passengers). This sea otter didn't seem too preoccupied with the passing of our boat.

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Mountains in Kenai Fjords rise straight from the water to over 10,000 feet tall. The cliffs and rock formations found in the park are striking.

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It is hard to get the scale from the pictures, but these glaciers are huge. At their widest points, they are over a mile wide. Where they flow into the water, they are between 400 and 600 feet tall and typically between 600 and 1000 feet deep. I bet the water in this picture was nice and warm.

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We were very lucky in Kenai in that it was a particularly active day for the glaciers. As they push forward into the sea, the water melts the face of the glacier and occasionally massive chunks break off and fall into the water. This "calving", as it is termed, is truly spectacular. The locals call the noise it creates, "white thunder", and it really does sound like thunder. To give you a scale, if you load one of the bigger versions, you can make out a trio of birds trying to escape the crashing ice.

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More sea lions live in Kenai Fjords National Park than in any other region in the world. This group is called a bachelor party because all the sea lions on the rocks are males.

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