Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve: Quick Facts

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A small excursion boat with tourists passes close to the towering, jagged blue ice face of Margerie Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska.

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

Margerie Glacier with jagged blue ice sits above Glacier Bay. Steep, snow-covered mountains are in the background.

Riggs Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, with blue ice flowing between rocky, green slopes and forested mountains in the background.

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