The best places seem of another world. Glacier Bay National Park is a kingdom carved from ice. Glaciers wind through the stone valleys, icebergs the color of dreams float by your kayak, whales with hearts as big as engines shoot out of the water like giant exclamation points. It is a place where the passage of time seems as natural as the flow of a waterfall.
Jeff Rennicke is author of River Days.
New: For a profile of Glacier Bay, access the Wildlife Guide in the Travel Guide section of Alaska: The Great Land.