8/1985 - Kenai Fjords National Park aka Exit Glacier

 

In August of 1985, I went up to Alaska to see my dad and my stepmom.  On this trip we went to Kenai Fjords National Park that is located in Seward, AK.  We went on a boat ride to see the glaciers and saw a lot of wild sea animals.  It is summer up there, but it was still very cold on the boat.  You can go on a charter boat to take you around the national park.  It is an 8-hour ride and takes you around 100 miles.  I do remember they did have some soup on board to get warmed up.

Whale

Dolphin

A lot of Sea Lions

Glacier

Sea Otters

The park within 20 miles of Seward, includes one of the four major ice caps in the U.S., the Harding Icefield, Glaciers radiating from 700-square-mile icefield continue to cut deep glacial valleys, many ending at tidewater.  The coasted fjords and associated offshore islands are remnants of "drowned" mountains.  Here a rich varied rain forest is to sea lions, sea otters, seals and tons of thousands of breeding birds, including puffins, murres and auklets.

Where Mountains, Ice and Ocean Meet

Kenai Fjords National Park (U.S. National Park Service)