North Pacific Passage to Japan

From Glacier Bay we headed to the Hubbard Glacier, a massive, advancing glacier that extends 76 miles from its source to the coast. As an advancing glacier, Hubbell is constantly “calving” sending small icebergs, or growlers into the bay. We arrived on Friday the 19th, and our ship stayed well-away from the the toe of the glacier. On a previous trip we were on in 2010 we were taken very close. According to Wikipedia, a cruise ship collided with a growler in 2022 and was damaged and now ships keep a safe distance.

The glacier is named for Gardiner Greene Hubbard, the founder of Bell Telephone (later AT&T) and the founder of the National Geographic Society, along with other accomplishments.