What's So Special About Glacier Bay?
![]() The marine wilderness of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve includes tidewater glaciers, snow-capped mountain ranges, ocean coastlines, deep fjords, and freshwater rivers and lakes. This diverse land and seascape hosts a mosaic of plant communities and a variety of marine and terrestrial wildlife and presents many opportunities for adventuring and learning about this unique and powerful place.
![]() Natural Laboratory Botanist William Cooper spearheaded efforts to preserve not only a place to view glaciers, wildlife, and grandeur, but also a living laboratory to study and enjoy through the ages.
![]() A Place of Hope Glacier Bay is a globally significant marine and terrestrial wilderness sanctuary.
![]() A Place of Inspiration Long before there were written records of Glacier Bay, there were stories.
![]() A Land of Dynamic Change Glacier Bay's story is one of dynamic change in the wake of dramatic glacial movements.
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Did You Know?
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Glacier Bay is a changing landscape. Today's beaches where brown bears slurp up crushed barnacles are tomorrow's forest meadows where moose will browse on willow branches.