Prince William Sound Activities: Glacier Viewing
The owners of Eshamy Bay Lodge have been taking family and friends Glacier viewing in the Prince William Sound for almost 30 years.
Prince William Sound is renowned for its abundant glaciers and the Eshamy Bay area is no exception.
A glacier is a perennial mass of ice which moves over land. A glacier forms in locations like the Prince William Sound where the mass accumulation of snow and ice exceeds ablation over many years.
Alaska’s Glacier ice help to form the largest reservoir of fresh water on Earth, and is second only to oceans as the largest reservoir of total water.
Glaciers cover vast areas of the polar regions and are found in mountain ranges of every continent, (there are glaciers in New Zealand). In the tropics glaciers are restricted to the highest mountains.
The distinctive blue tint of Prince William Sound glacial ice is often wrongly attributed bubbles in the ice.The blue color is actually created for the same reason that water is blue, that is, its slight absorption of red light.
There is no experience like kayaking among the Glaciers of the Prince William Sound, so be sure to plan to stay and extra day or two at Eshamy Bay Lodge for a Glacier Tour or Kayaking Adventure.
While Glacier Viewing you will see waterfalls cascading from Hanging Glaciers, hundreds of feet above you. Pieces of ice as big as houses, calving off of the glacier and falling into to the sea below, can also be seen safely from the boat. Seal are abundant as they find safety in the ice, as Orca Whales, traverse the area.
Ice Fishing for Glacier Ice, is a sport uncommon to most visitors to Eshamy Bay Lodge. From the boat scoop cooler sized pieces of Ice out of the sea, to be later enjoyed back at the lodge in a soda or your favorite adult beverage.
The Ice is thousands of years old and more dense than the ice cubes from your household freezer. This dense characteristic causes the ice to make an audible popping, cracking sound and melt in your drink as it ever so slowly.
In Japan people pay a premium for drinks chilled with glacier ice because of the novelty and for the fact that it doesn’t water down the drink.
Boat Tour Rates:
Glacier tours, whale-watching tours, oyster farm tours and combination tours are billed on an hourly rate of $225 per hour, with a minimum of 1 hour. There is no minimum number of people, but there is a maximum of 14 people. If you are not departing from Eshamy Bay Lodge, the hourly rate applies to the travel time to pick you up as well.
Call 907-440-7978 or email us so we can plan the trip of a lifetime for you!