Margerie Glacier

Margerie Glacier

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October 26th 2008
Your boat sits in front of Margerie Glacier and you wait. Sometimes your voice is a little hushed, listening for the first telltale clunks and splashes that might be the harbingers of something larger, much larger. If they are close you might hear and shift you focus in time to see a chunk, or a mammoth chunk or even a ¼ of the entire glacier front crash down into the ocean. It is a spectacle, th ... read more

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