Kenai Fjords National Park

Welcome to the magnificent expanse of Kenai Fjords National Park. I am absolutely delighted to serve as your guide through this extraordinary, ice sculpted landscape. …

As we carefully navigate the deep, emerald green waters of Resurrection Bay, we are traveling through a maritime corridor steeped in both immense geological antiquity and fascinating human history. This massive, glacially carved…

We have now transitioned to the only area of Kenai Fjords National Park that is accessible by automobile, bringing us face to face with the imposing, yet rapidly changing, Exit Glacier. Standing here on the rocky outwash plain,…

For those visitors seeking to truly comprehend the sheer scale of the cryosphere that feeds this national park, the grueling ascent up the Harding Icefield Trail is an absolute necessity. We are now positioned high up along this…

We have now rounded the outermost reaches of the coastline, leaving the relatively sheltered waters of Resurrection Bay and arriving at the highly exposed, dramatically sculpted Aialik Cape. This formidable headland separates the…

Having successfully navigated past the turbulent cape, we now glide smoothly into the much calmer, deeply indented waters of Aialik Bay. This massive, glacially fed fjord is not just a scenic marvel; it is an incredibly rich,…

We now venture approximately thirty five miles off the immediate coastline of Seward to explore the remote, highly exposed Chiswell Islands. Rising abruptly and violently from the dark depths of the Gulf of Alaska, these…

As our comprehensive exploration of Kenai Fjords National Park slowly draws to its inevitable conclusion, let us take a moment to deeply synthesize the sheer magnitude of what we have witnessed today. We have traversed a…