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Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve by mikelisaanna Glacier
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photos Glacier Bay National Park is one of the most scenic
national parks in the USA. Located on the southeastern coast of
Alaska, it is inaccessible by road. In order to visit the park,
you have to come by either boat or plane. The bay was first
discovered by the explorer George Vancouver in 1794, at which
time it was almost completely covered in ice. Almost a century
later, the bay was visited by famous naturalist John Muir, who
discovered that the glaciers had retreated dramatically in the
intervening years, with one of the largest ones, the Grand
Pacific glacier, having retreated about 65 miles. Glacier Bay
became a National Monument in 1925 and was upgraded to a
National Park in 1980. It is also a World Biosphere Reserve and
a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We visited Glacier Bay as part of
a cruise (they allow a limited n