PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — I recently returned from a beautiful Alaska and Glacier Bay tour with 44 other WMBD viewers. It was a trip that would have us explore the 49th state of the Union and America’s ...

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is a must for many Alaska cruise passengers. But a slate of upcoming itineraries will feature extra-long visits. While cruise ships typically spend between nine ...

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve recently announced it is now conducting random inspections of large cruise ships to ensure environmental compliance among the few vessels entering its highly ...

Cruise ship approaches Margerie Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park. (NPS) Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Southeast Alaska started its own cruise ship monitoring program this July. Cruise ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Featuring a captivating four-night cruise of Alaska’s Inside Passage, historic journey by rail, Denali and Glacier Bay National Parks, and so much more. Fly into Anchorage, ...

Ecologists are told to visit the tropics to fully appreciate the earth’s myriad plant and animal interactions. But what about the other end of the environmental spectrum − the frozen northland? I ...

Visiting zoos and aquariums can make that connection to wild animals, but immersing oneself in their natural habitats in the vast and pristine wilderness is even better. That's what we discovered when ...

Alaska's wild coast at the end of the continent, Glacier Bay, has mountain ranges, coastal beaches, protected coves, deep fjords, and tidewater glaciers. With its meadows, estuaries, lakes, and rivers ...

Part of the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, which lies along the coast of southeast Alaska, is featured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Covering over 13 000 sq km ...

Not much tops seeing the the massive glaciers and vast empty wilderness in Glacier Bay—that’s the verdict of our 62 Parks Traveler about the 33rd stop on her quest to visit every national park in the ...

GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK, Alaska – A giant, hollow breath, deep as a crevasse, breaks the predawn quiet. Just off the lip of the shallow, rocky beach where my tent is pitched, a 40-ton behemoth is ...