After our excellent tour on the Mendenhall Glacier we had a nice extended fly over the Juneau Ice Field. An amazing basin filled with snow and ice, 100 miles long and 45 miles wide. It's the birthplace of 38 named glaciers. It was so neat seeing the beginning of the Mendenhall.
In this picture, you can see the pilot but also the Mendenhall and its medial moraine.
Look at all those mountains, and snow! The farthest mountains are in Canada.
The below picture is the Norris Glacier.
The next picture is the Taku glacier. This was a neat glacier to see because it's advancing unlike so many others off the icefield.
On the descent down to the airport.
And full circle, you can see the Mendenhall glacier beyond the trees.
It was such an amazing trip, the guides were excellent and the helicopter ride was even enjoyable. I never thought I'd say that!
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