The Tracy Arm fjord is a long, narrow, twisting passageway into the costal mountains, with peaks up to a mile high that jut straight out ot the water, waterfalls tumbling thousands of feet down their sides. (Frommer, 2006)
Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness contains 653,179 acres (2,643.32 km2)
and consists of two deep and narrow fjords: Tracy Arm and Endicott Arm.
Both fjords are over 30 miles (48 km) long and one-fifth of their area
is covered in ice. During the summer, the fjords have considerable
floating ice ranging from hand-sized to pieces as large as a three-story
building. During the most recent glaciated period, both fjords were
filled with active glaciers. (Wikipedia)
This video was taken on the Sun Princess, August 23, 2006 near Juneau, Alaska. Cross paths with Dawn Princess.
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