Juneau, The Mendenhall Glacier. We could see this glacier on the ferry coming into Juneau and it was impressive then, but today we walked in as close as you can get and it was amazing. A wall of thick blue ice flowing 13 miles from the Juneau Icefield in the mountains down to Mendenhall Lake. It is retreating at a rate of one and a half feet a day!
There are lots of calves (broken off ice) floating in the lake, we did not get to see any calving while we were there. We were able to walk into the base Nugget Falls that is run off from the melting snow and ice into Mendenhall Lake. Paige got to fish a piece of 250 year old ice out of the lake. Pretty neat!
Juneau, The Mendenhall Glacier. We could see this glacier on the ferry coming into Juneau and it was impressive then, but today we walked in as close as you can get and it was amazing. A wall of thick blue ice flowing 13 miles from the Juneau Icefield in the mountains down to Mendenhall Lake. It is retreating at a rate of one and a half feet a day!
There are lots of calves (broken off ice) floating in the lake, we did not get to see any calving while we were there. We were able to walk into the base Nugget Falls that is run off from the melting snow and ice into Mendenhall Lake. Paige got to fish a piece of 250 year old ice out of the lake. Pretty neat!
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