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...the greenish glow of photoluminescent zooplankton in the water.Morning finds us anticipating a trip to Margerie and Muir glaciers, two of the 15 tidewater glaciers in the park. We are not disappointed. Whales are out, and we also see one very...
...way down the coast, after examining the front of Geike Glacier, they obtained their first view of what is now called Muir Glacier, the stormy weather having hidden it when they first entered the bay. Winter had come and the freezing of the fjords...
...the earthworm tunnel into ice on glaciers. It isn't known how they accomplish this. Ice worms were discovered on Muir Glacier in Glacier Bay in 1887. Unfortunately for wildlife spies in Juneau, they haven't been found on the Mendenhall Glacier...
...30-minute, mile-long swim across the Muir Inlet. The path followed a safe route that wouldn't be affected if the Muir Glacier calved. It also allowed Cox to end up in a relatively flat spot where she could easily exit the water. On the day...
...glaciers are thinning. Some glacier surface elevations had dropped as much as 2,100 feet since 1948, such as the Muir Glacier in the popular Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. On the Net: University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute...
...challenge, which they started June 15, the group is kayaking 1,000 in 30 days from Port Hardy on Vancouver Island to Muir Glacier. The team are raising money for the Muscular Help Foundation. To make a donation, visit www.big5kayakchallenge...
...ship's captain, said that in the early 1970s when the Muir Glacier was active, icebergs as big as moderate-sized houses...Lawson's team found wood near the present margin of Muir Glacier dating to nearly 9,000 years ago. Stumps still rooted...
...history. The spoons were made of copper, silver or gold. Some spoons were engraved with pictures of steamships with Muir Glacier and Glacier Bay in the background in the bowls. Some spoons had pictures of gold miners and words such as "Struck...
...ship's captain, said that in the early 1970s when the Muir Glacier was active, icebergs as big as moderate-sized houses...Lawson's team found wood near the present margin of Muir Glacier dating to nearly 9,000 years ago. Stumps still rooted...
...bay and what is now known as the Muir Glacier. And from the 1800s until now, the Muir Glacier just kept retreating and retreating...the 16th century to the 19th -- Muir Glacier filled Glacier Bay and the people...