Glacier Bay, Alaska

	Glacier Bay, the body of water, covers an area 1,375 square miles (3,560 km2)
	of glaciers and accounts for 27% of the Glacier Park area. It was a large single
	glacier of solid ice till early 18th century. It started retreating and 
	evolved over the centuries into the largest protected water area park in
	the world. Glacier Bay, on the Gulf of Alaska, was known as the Grand
	Pacific Glacier about 4,000 feet (1,200 m) thick and about 20 miles (32 km)
	in width which has since then, over the last more than 200 years retreated
	by 65 miles (105 km) to the head of the bay at Tarr Inlet, and in this
	process left separate 20 other glaciers in its trail. In 1890, the name
	“Glacier Bay” as such was given to the bay by Captain Lester A. Beardslee
	of the U.S. Navy. It was first proclaimed a U.S. National Monument on
	February 25, 1925 by President Calvin Coolidge.
	
	From my Log:
		
        Thursday September 1, 2011
        We travelled all night and arrived at the entrance to Glacier Bay early
        morning. The winds where high and it is cloudy…  If this is the case it
        is going to cause us to check out the baileys...  Low and behold the
        winds dropped and the sun came out.  Wow what a cruise in Glacier Bay.