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Alaska's glaciers run the gamut from the very small to the enormous.
Glaciers cover approximately 29,000 square miles of Alaska, almost
five percent of the state's total area. The greatest concentration
of glaciers is found around the perimeter of the Gulf of Alaska
in the St. Elias and Chugach mountains, and in the Wrangell Mountains
and the Alaska Range.
Travel to view glaciers is part of enjoying the Alaska experience.
Many are easily accessible by bus, car or foot, such as the Mendenhall,
Matanuska, Worthington, Portage or Exit glaciers. The
easiest way to see the tidewater glaciers is from an Alaska cruise
along the Inside Passage in Glacier Bay, Tracy Arm, Yakutat Bay,
College Fjord or at the Columbia
Glacier; or by air over ice masses like Sargent Icefield, the
St. Elias Mountains, Harding Icefield and the Alaska Range.
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