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Glacier Bay Basin in southeastern Alaska, in the United States, encompasses the Glacier Bay and surrounding mountains and glaciers, which was first proclaimed a U.S. National Monument on February 25, 1925, and which was later, on December 2, 1980, enlarged and designated as the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, covering an area of 3,283,000 acres . In 1986, UNESCO declared an area of 57,000 acres within a World Biosphere Reserve. This is the largest UNESCO protected biosphere in the world. In 1992, UNESCO included this area as a part of a World Heritage site, extending over an area of 24,300,000-acre which also included the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Kluane National Park and Tatshenshini-Alsek Park . Part of the National Park is also designated a Wilderness area covering 2,658,000 acres .Current glaciers cover an area 1,375 square miles and accounts for 27% of the Park area. Up until the early 1700s the area was a large single glacier of solid ice. It has since retreated and evolved into the largest protected water area park in the world. Glacier Bay, on the Gulf of Alaska, was known as the Grand Pacific Glacier, about 4,000 feet thick and around 20 miles in width. Over the last 200 years the glaciers have retreated, exposing 65 miles of ocean, and in this process left 20 separate other glaciers in its trail. In 1890, the name Glacier Bay as such was given to the bay by Captain Lester A. Beardslee of the U.S. Navy. It was first proclaimed a U.S. National Monument on February 25, 1925, by President Calvin Coolidge.The Glacier Bay has many branches, inlets, lagoons, islands, and channels that holds prospects for scientific exploration and visual treat. Thus, the area is popular as a cruise ship destination during summer season. However, there are restrictions imposed by the National Park Service on the numbers of vessels that can operate in a day to 2 cruise ships, 3 tour boats, 6 charter vessels, and 25 private vessels. According to National Park Service statistics for calendar year 2009, 444,653 people visited Glacier Bay, with 422,919 of those being cruise ship passengers.
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Carnival Legend Cruise Vlog 2019 - Part 10: Icy Strait Point, Glacier Wind Charters - ParoDeeJay

In this episode, we're in Icy Strait Point, just outside the town of Hoonah, Alaska... join us as we embark on an independently booked Whale & Wildlife Excursion with Glacier Wind Charters! We'll spend 3 1/2 hours on the water in a 6-person catamaran seeing all the stuff & things... whales, sea otters, whales, sea lions, whales, and even more whales!! :D

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We're headed to Alaska aboard the Carnival Legend out of Seattle for an 8-Day Glacier Bay itinerary with stops in Juneau, Skagway, Icy Strait Point, Ketchikan, and Victoria! We sailed from May 6-14, 2019 on this grand adventure, our first time cruising to Alaska!

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Zipline Icy Strait Point Alaska 8/7/2017

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Carnival Legend Cruise Vlog 2019 - Part 11: Hoonah, Drone, Shopping, Ship Shenanigans - ParoDeeJay

In this episode, we're wrapping up our day in Hoonah & Icy Strait Point... join us as we explore the town a bit, do some drone flying, check out the shops at the port, then head back onboard for an evening of ship shenanigans!! :D

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We're headed to Alaska aboard the Carnival Legend out of Seattle for an 8-Day Glacier Bay itinerary with stops in Juneau, Skagway, Icy Strait Point, Ketchikan, and Victoria! We sailed from May 6-14, 2019 on this grand adventure, our first time cruising to Alaska!

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[VLOG 34] Alaska - Day 06 - Whale Watching at Saginaw Bay and full boat tour (including engine room)

For our 10th anniversary my wife and I finally made the decision to do that Alaska trip we always dreamed of. We took a smaller cruise that focused on doing more than eating and shopping, every day we'd go out of the boat and explore the wild with experts. We came back with an increased love for the planet, inspired to learn more about biology and geology, and to explore our home state of Colorado even further.

Juneau, Alaska | Wikipedia audio article

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Juneau, Alaska

00:03:42 1 History
00:05:18 1.1 European encounters
00:06:14 1.2 Mining era
00:07:57 1.3 Establishment of Russian Orthodox Church
00:09:01 1.4 Development of mining
00:09:58 1.5 20th and 21st centuries
00:14:43 2 Geography
00:16:15 2.1 Adjacent boroughs and census areas
00:16:33 2.2 Border area
00:16:56 2.3 National protected areas
00:17:17 2.4 Climate
00:20:07 3 Demographics
00:23:28 4 Economy
00:27:02 5 Culture
00:28:33 6 Government
00:31:59 7 Education
00:32:08 7.1 Primary and secondary schools
00:32:42 7.2 Colleges and universities
00:33:21 8 Transportation
00:33:48 8.1 Sea
00:34:36 8.2 Air
00:36:07 8.3 Roads
00:36:47 8.3.1 Juneau Access Project
00:38:37 8.4 Public transportation
00:38:51 8.5 Walking, hiking, and biking
00:39:20 9 Infrastructure
00:39:29 9.1 Healthcare
00:40:00 10 Utilities
00:40:20 11 Media
00:40:28 11.1 Print
00:40:54 11.2 Radio
00:41:51 11.3 Television
00:42:36 12 Sister cities
00:43:08 13 See also

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The City and Borough of Juneau ( JOO-noh; Tlingit: Dzánti K'ihéeni [ˈtsántʰì kʼìˈhíːnì]), commonly known as Juneau, is the capital city of Alaska. It is a unified municipality on Gastineau Channel in the Alaskan panhandle, and it is the second largest city in the United States by area. Juneau has been the capital of Alaska since 1906, when the government of what was the District of Alaska was moved from Sitka as dictated by the U.S. Congress in 1900. The municipality unified on July 1, 1970, when the city of Juneau merged with the city of Douglas and the surrounding Greater Juneau Borough to form the current municipality, which is larger by area than both Rhode Island and Delaware.
Downtown Juneau (58°18′07″N 134°25′11″W) is nestled at the base of Mount Juneau and across the channel from Douglas Island. As of the 2010 census, the City and Borough had a population of 31,276. In 2014, the population estimate from the United States Census Bureau was 32,406, making it the second most populous city in Alaska after Anchorage. Fairbanks, however, is the state's second most populous metropolitan area, with roughly 100,000 residents. Juneau's daily population can increase by roughly 6,000 people from visiting cruise ships between the months of May and September.
The city is named after a gold prospector from Quebec, Joe Juneau, though the place was for a time called Rockwell and then Harrisburg (after Juneau's co-prospector, Richard Harris). The Tlingit name of the town is Dzántik'i Héeni (Base of the Flounder’s River, dzánti ‘flounder,’ –kʼi ‘base,’ héen ‘river’), and Auke Bay just north of Juneau proper is called Áak'w (Little lake, áa ‘lake,’ -kʼ ‘diminutive’) in Tlingit. The Taku River, just south of Juneau, was named after the cold t'aakh wind, which occasionally blows down from the mountains.
Juneau is unusual among U.S. capitals (except Honolulu, Hawaii) in that there are no roads connecting the city to the rest of Alaska or to the rest of North America (although ferry service is available for cars). The absence of a road network is due to the extremely rugged terrain surrounding the city. This in turn makes Juneau a de facto island city in terms of transportation, since all goods coming in and out must go by plane or boat, in spite of the city being on the Alaskan mainland. Downtown Juneau sits at sea level, with tides averaging 16 feet (5 m), below steep mountains about 3,500 feet (1,100 m) to 4,000 feet (1,200 m) high. Atop these mountains is the Juneau Icefield, a large ice mass from which about 30 glaciers flow; two of these, the Mendenhall Glacier and the Lemon Creek Glacier, are visible from the local road system. The Mendenhall glacier has been gradually retreating; its front face is declining in width and height.
The Alaska State Capitol in downtown Juneau was built as the Federal and Territorial Building in 1931. Prior to statehood, it housed federal government offices, the f ...