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Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Park Newspaper
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Did You Know?
When Captain George Vancouver surveyed Southeast Alaska in 1794, the wall of ice that filled the bay was (at its greatest extent) 100 miles long, 20 miles wide, and 4,000 feet thick. Just 250 years later, this same ice has retreated 65 miles, the fastest glacial retreat on record.
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Last Updated: May 12, 2008 at 17:48 EST |