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At the head of this Yakutat Bay, you'll
experience Hubbard Glacier, the largest valley glacier in the world.
You'll also pass the Malaspina Glacier which is as big as the state of
Rhode island. Hubbard Glacier is seventy-five miles long and
covering over 1,350 square miles in area, the Hubbard Glacier is the
largest tidewater glacier in North America. It is also one of the most
impressive, a 300-foot high and 5 miles wide, wall of ice rising sheer and
jagged from the ocean. You may hear the rumble and see the monumental
splash as the glacier breaks off in great ice chunks, a process known as
calving.
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