Giant sheets of ice, hundreds of feet tall, break into aptly named Icy Bay.   Because of the safe distance required, the thunderous...

Glacier Calving into Icy Bay

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

Giant sheets of ice, hundreds of feet tall, break into aptly named Icy Bay. Because of the safe distance required, the thunderous boom of these calving glaciers is not heard for a few seconds. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.