Alaska - Land of Ice! When anyone talks of this huge expanse most of what is discussed deals with it's frozen landscape - tundra, polar bears, ice fields, the arctic, and glaciers. Anyone going there without the intent of seeing glaciers is missing one of the greatest natural wonders of the world.

A glacier is more than an expanse of ice. It is a compressed history of the earth over hundreds of years or more. Snow, as it falls, is a light fluffy frozen water crystal. Once it lands, and more lands on top, it begins to compress. ... (more)