Alaska, USA
In 1980, the United States Congress designated a vast area of glaciers along the Alaskan Coast accessed only by boats or float planes as the Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness.
Tracy Arm is a fjord in Alaska and is the heart of the Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness, comprising 653,179 acres, located 50 miles southeast of Juneau. Bounded by Canada on the east, this Wilderness is highlighted by two sheer-walled fjords, Tracy Arm and Endicott Arm, both narrow and deep and over 30 miles long. Fords Terror is an area of sheer rock walls towering above the narrow waterway, which connects it with Endicott Arm. The fjord was named for a crew member of a naval vessel who rowed into the canyon at slack tide in 1889 and was caught in surging tidal currents filled with icebergs for six “terrifying” hours when the tide changed.
Lonely Bald Eagle on iceberg
Our boat in Tracy Arm Fjord
Crystal blue iceberg in Tracy Arm Fjord
Crystal blue iceberg close-up
Blowing Humpback Whale
Crystal blue iceberg floating in Tracy Arm Fjord
Dramatic view on the Sawyer Glacier
Tourists looking at seabirds from the boat in Tracy Arm Fjord
Pigeon Guillemots on a cliff side along the Tracy Arm Fjord
Ice chunks in front of Sawyer Glacier in Tracy Arm Fjord
Sawyer Glacier Calving
Close-up on the front of Sawyer Glacier
Harbor seal colony by South Sawyer Glacier
Harbor seal on iceberg by South Sawyer Glacier
Harbor seal resting on iceberg by South Sawyer Glacier
Stretching Harbor Seal on iceberg
Arctic Terns on a small iceberg
Harbor seal on iceberg by South Sawyer Glacier
Harbor seal on iceberg by South Sawyer Glacier
Harbor seal mother and pup on an iceberg by South Sawyer Glacier
Harbor seal colony by South Sawyer Glacier
Harbor seal mother and pup on an iceberg by South Sawyer Glacier
Harbor seal mother and pup on an iceberg by South Sawyer Glacier
Harbor seals on an iceberg by South Sawyer Glacier
Whale watching tour boat
Humpback Whale dorsal fin
Humpback Whale Tail
Sawyer Glacier (Tracy Arm)
Sawyer Glacier (Tracy Arm)
Blue Iceberg close-up
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