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Prince William Sound Glacier Cruises offers unique itineraries with wildlife and glacier experiences to fit your Alaska adventure vacation.

Cruise to the face of tidewater glaciers, spend the day viewing wildlife and cruise through beautiful Esther Passage. An Alaska wildlife and glacier cruise is a must for your Alaska vacation — with more unique experiences to offer, let Prince William Sound Glacier Cruises treat you to the real Alaska on your Alaska adventure vacation.

Come to Whittier and see why Prince William Sound Glacier Cruises has won the C.R.U.I.S.E. Award every year since 2004!

Cruise calm, protected waters and experience magnificent mountain peaks, abundant wildlife and icy-blue glaciers! Visit a working fish hatchery or participate in hands-on marine science activities, while our knowledgeable captains and crew enlighten you with the history and nature of this spectacular area. Enjoy a delicious hot lunch on all tours and pier-side parking is available.

Glaciers
There are many spectacular glaciers in Prince William Sound, each one formed by numerous years of snow accumulation. In the Sound, we see a variety of different glaciers. The Alpine Glaciers (also know as mountain and cirque glaciers) can be seen high up on the slopes and plateaus of the towering mountains lining Prince William Sound. When these alpine glaciers start to overflow, they become Valley Glaciers.

A Piedmont Glacier will be formed when one or more glaciers merge into a fan-shaped ice mass at the foot of a mountain range. As the piedmont glaciers retreat, they often leave a terminal moriane behind marking the furthest distance the glacier advanced, before retreating. As the glacier continues to melt, the run off water might be trapped by the terminal moraine and eventually a lake will be created from the melting water.