Alaska & the Yukon - Insight Cruises

Glacier Bay
National Park
Number-one glacier experience.
holland america line
spotlights glaciers
and wildlife
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Holland America Line is the only cruise line
to offer Glacier Bay National Park on all
three major cruise itineraries — roundtrip
from Vancouver or Seattle or cruising
between Vancouver and Seward.
travel with alaska experts
A U.S. park ranger will come aboard to
share insights into park history, to point out
wildlife and to answer questions throughout
your unforgettable day of scenic cruising.
And a Huna Totem native speaker will join
the ship to impart the legend and lore of
this sacred place.
wildlife and habitat
Search for humpback whales returning
from their wintering grounds near Hawaii,
killer whales feeding in the park’s nearshore
waters, Steller sea lions resting on
rocky islands, and harbor seals nurturing
their pups. Glacier Bay is the setting for
an unforgettable wildlife search.
How does it feel when a monumental chunk of ice splits off
a glacier and crashes into the sea? The sound is like thunder.
The impact shoots water hundreds of feet into the air. You hold
your breath as you catch the moment on film. Then you wait
for it all to happen again. And it does. Glacier Bay has more
actively calving glaciers than anywhere else in the world. And
Holland America Line visits this restricted wonderland more
often than any other cruise line.
Cruise by Reid and Lamplugh glaciers to the mighty Johns
Hopkins — surrounded by rugged peaks and sheltering a
seal pupping ground. Then linger for a full hour at Grand
Pacific and Margerie glaciers for the grandest spectacle of them
all. Margerie is an Ice Age giant a mile wide and 25 stories high.
Here you will marvel at nature’s unrelenting power as you
witness the birth of one massive iceberg after another.
inside tip
We provide deck chair blankets and complimentary hot pea soup for comfortable glacier
viewing. And we sell film aboard ship, so you’ll be camera-ready.
The“light-struck wilderness” that John Muir
found so compelling back in the 1800s is just as
inspiring today. In fact, since then the glaciers
have retreated, providing you with sights early
explorers missed. Now you can sail up narrow
inlets to massive glaciers backed by towering
mountains, with wildlife all along the way.
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