Glacier Bay National Park. The marine wilderness of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve provides opportunities for adventure, a living laboratory for observing the ebb and flow of glaciers, and a chance to study life as it returns in the wake of retreating ice.
Amidst majestic scenery, Glacier Bay offers us now, and for all time, a connection to a powerful and wild landscape. The park has snow-capped mountain ranges rising to over 15,000 feet, coastal beaches with protected coves, deep fjords, tidewater glaciers, coastal and estuarine waters, and freshwater lakes.
These diverse land and seascapes host a mosaic of plant communities ranging from pioneer species in areas recently exposed by receding glaciers, to climax communities in older coastal and alpine ecosystems.
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Temperature | 34.0° F | Sunrise | 7:51 am |
| Feels Like | 34.0° F | Sunset | 4:42 pm | |
| Barometer | 29.78 | Wind | calm | |
| Dewpoint | 30.2° F | Gusts | none | |
| Humidity | 87% | Visibility | 10 miles | |
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Reported by NOAA on Feb 7 2012, 5:56 pm AKST from Gustavus, AK
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| Tue Feb 7 Mostly Cloudy |
Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon |
| High Temp F | 42° | 40° | 44° | 39° | 38° | 37° | 38° |
| Low Temp F | 30° | 33° | 33° | 32° | 28° | 28° | 25° |
| Precipitation | 15% | 76% | 98% | 59% | 60% | 51% | 43% |
| Moon Phase |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:46:50 GMT
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