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Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA.

Close-up of tidewater glacier calving into Alaskan Bay, with large splashes of water and ice.

ice calving, also known as glacier calving or iceberg calving, is the breaking of ice chunks from the edge of a glacier. Margerie Glacier, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska. Tidewater glacier. Terminus.

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 (1,329,000 ha). In 1986, UNESCO declared an area of 57,000 acres (23,000 ha) 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 (98,000 km2) which also included the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Kluane National Park (Canada) and Tatshenshini-Alsek Park (Canada). Part of the National Park is also designated a Wilderness area covering 2,658,000 acres (1,076,000 ha)

Ice calving on the Margerie Glacier terminus into the waters of the Tarr Inlet, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska

A memorable experience, watching large chunks of ice breaking off the glacier, also known as calving. The sound it creates is incredible. Photo taken on a boat tour in Kenai Fjords National Park.

The North Sawyer Glacier in Tracy Arm. On August 10, 2025 a massive landslide took place which generated seismic waves and caused considerable damage to the shore and forest. It is considered the largest landslide and tsunami in the region in years.

glacier calving in a fjord in Svalbard

Ice calving (falling) from the glacier into the sea

Distant view of tidewater glacier calving into Glacier Bay National Park, with large splashes of water and ice.

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA.

ice calving, also known as glacier calving or iceberg calving, is the breaking of ice chunks from the edge of a glacier. Margerie Glacier, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska. Tidewater glacier. Terminus.

View from cruise ship of caving glacier, light blue color

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is a national park of the United States located in Southeast Alaska west of Juneau.

Low clouds over Dawes Glacier in Alaska

Hubbard Glacier, Alaska USA, August 27, 2011, located in WrangellSt. Elias National Park Preserve in eastern Alaska and Kluane National Park Reserve in Yukon, Canada named after Gardiner Hubbard.

$Margerie Glacier, in the Glacier Bay waterway, calving into the Tar Inlet, causing a huge disruption on the calm water surface.\n\nTaken in Glacier Bay, Tar Inlet, Southeast Alaska, USA$

Ice falling from the front of a Tidewater Glacier, Alaska, USA

Whittier, Alaska

A side of one of the beautiful glaciers to be found in Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska.

Patagonia’s Pio XI Glacier is the largest glacier in the Southern Hemisphere - 60 kilometers long. It wends its way from Patagonia to Eyre Fjord and the sea by making a 90 degree turn. This image captures about half of its width. Scale is provided by half a dozen zodiacs filled with adventurers.

As a chunk of Alaskan glacier breaks off, it gives a sound of a large boom. Formed over thousands of years by accumulation of snow and ice. The ice can tower for hundreds of feet high and span miles across. The blue color of Alaskan glaciers is a stunning shade, created by composition of snow and ice over many years.

Glacier Bay National Park viewed from a cruise ship.

Seagull soaring over Dawes Glacier in Alaska as it calves

$Margerie Glacier, in the Glacier Bay waterway, calving into the Tar Inlet, causing a huge disruption on the calm water surface.\n\nTaken in Glacier Bay, Tar Inlet, Southeast Alaska, USA$

Margerie Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park

College Fjord in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA.

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