Glacier Bay, Alaska

The ice-dotted waters of Glacier Bay proved to be impassable for the captain and crew of Holland America Line's Veendam. // (c) 2010 Monica Poling

Lucky visitors could see ice chunks calving off the Margerie Glacier. // (c) 2010 Monica Poling

One of the more popular glaciers in Glacier Bay, at 250 feet high, the Margerie Glacier is nearly as tall as the Statue of Liberty (307 feet). // (c) 2010 Monica Poling

At two miles wide, the Grand Pacific is the widest of the tidewater glaciers in Glacier Bay. // (c) 2010 Monica Poling

Sailing into Glacier Bay on a particularly warm, sunny June day // (c) 2010 Monica Poling