A cool kayaking experience brings these adventurers right up to the advancing glacier, paddling the Inside Passage, Alaska, USA.
Tidewater glaciers are glaciers that terminate in the sea. As the ice reaches the sea pieces break off, or calve, forming icebergs. Most tidewater glaciers calve above sea level, which often results in a tremendous splash as the iceberg strikes the water. If the water is deep, glaciers can calve underwater, causing the iceberg to suddenly leap up out of the water. The Inside Passage is a coastal route for oceangoing vessels along a series of passages between the Pacific coast of North America and nearby islands. Most of the route is in Alaska in the United States and British Columbia in Canada, with a small southern part in northwestern Washington state. Ships using the route can avoid some of the bad weather in the open ocean and may visit some of the many isolated communities along the route. The term "Inside Passage" is also often used to refer to the ocean and islands around the passage itself. The Inside Passage is also sometimes referred to as the "Inland Passage" which is in turn a reference to early explorers' quests to locate the Northwest Passage between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.
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Location: Inside Passage, Alaska, USA, United States, America
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