Hubbard Glacier: Alaska Cruises

Visiting Hubbard Glacier on your Alaska Cruises, Hubbard Glacier is located in the Wrangell-St. Elias Mountains flowing 76 miles into Disenchantment Bay near Yakutat Alaska. The vast majority of visitors arrive at Hubbard Glacier by cruise ship bound for Whittier of Seward Alaska.

Hubbard Glacier is known as the "Galloping Glacier," as it is one of the North America's fastest advancing glaciers. Today, Hubbard Glacier threatens to turn Russell Fjord into ice filled Russell Lake. This rapid advancement is also part of the reason for the large amount of glacier calving, a process that makes the icebergs that often fills the entrance to the bay.

Today, people come from all over the world in the hope to catch a glimpse of the giant ice rivers of Yakutat and Disenchantment Bay. Cruise ship passengers enjoy watching as Hubbard Glacier puts on its spectacular shows in the calving ice rips off into a thundering fall into Disenchantment Bay.

Your Alaska cruise will allow you the unforgetable views of Hubbard Glacier, the longest valley glacier in Alaska. Viewing the face of the Hubbard Glacier can be a humbling experience. The Hubbard glacier is approximately 6 to 7 miles wide at the front and is 300 to 400 feet from the top to sea level. From sea level to the bottom is another 300 feet. It is stated, "Perhaps as recently as 600 years ago, as a result of an advance of Hubbard Glacier, which ended between 970 and 1290, the entire length of Yakutat Bay was completely glacier covered".

Hubbard Glacier vs Glacier Bay