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Hubbard Glacier, Alaska

Hubbard Glacier is the largest tidewater glacier on the North American continent. It has been thickening and advancing toward the Gulf of Alaska since it was first mapped by the International Boundary Commission in 1895 (Davidson, 1903). 

Hubbard Glacier

Hubbard Glacier

Hubbard Glacier

Hubbard Glacier

Hubbard Glacier

Hubbard Glacier

Hubbard Glacier

This is in stark contrast with most glaciers, which have thinned and retreated during the last century. This atypical behavior is an important example of the calving glacier cycle in which glacier advance and retreat is controlled more by the mechanics of terminus calving than by climate fluctuations. If Hubbard Glacier continues to advance, it will close the seaward entrance of Russell Fiord and create the largest glacier-dammed lake on the North American continent in historic times as it has done in 1986 and 2002. The Slow Advance of a Calving Glacier: Hubbard Glacier, AK is a summary of growth and advance measurements of Hubbard Glacier as presented at the International Glaciological Society symposium on Fast Glacier Flow held in Yakutat, Alaska, June 10-14, 2002. Hubbard Glacier remains an ongoing study of calving glacier dynamics for the scientific community.

Hubbard Glacier Holidays

Below is a selection of Alaskan Cruise holidays which visit Hubbard Glacier.

Canada & Alaska Cruises

The Splendour of Canada & Alaska

  • 17 Nights
  • Toronto
  • Niagara Falls
  • Banff
  • Rocky Mountaineer
  • Vancouver
  • Alaska Cruise

From £6669pp

Calgary Stampede

Cowboys, Trains & Cruise - The Calgary Stampede

  • 18 Nights
  • Calgary
  • Banff
  • Jasper
  • Kamloops
  • Vancouver
  • Alaska Cruise

From £6989pp

Canada Escorted Tours 2024, 2025

Western Canada Iconic Sites An Escorted Tour and Cruise

  • 15 Nights
  • Vancouver
  • Whistler
  • Sun Peaks Resort
  • Jasper
  • Banff
  • Kelowna
  • Alaska Cruise

From £4849pp

Canada & Alaska Cruises

Alaska Cruise & Vancouver Stay

  • 11 Nights
  • Vancouver
  • Victoria
  • Inside Passage
  • Icy Strait Point
  • Hubbard Glacier
  • Juneau
  • Ketchikan

From £3279pp

Canada Escorted Tours 2024, 2025

Rockies Summer Escorted Tour and Cruise

  • 14 Nights
  • Vancouver
  • Revelstoke
  • Banff
  • Blue River
  • Alaska Cruise

From £4159pp

Cunard Alaska Cruises

Banff, Rocky Mountaineer and Alaska Voyage

  • 17 Nights
  • Banff
  • Kamloops
  • Vancouver
  • Alaska Cruise

From £5895pp

Alaska Cruises

Denali Explorer & Glaciers

  • 13 Nights
  • Anchorage
  • McKinley Wilderness Lodge
  • Denali Wilderness Lodge
  • Whittier
  • Hubbard Glacier
  • Glacier Bay National Park
  • Skagway
  • Juneau
  • Ketchikan
  • At Sea
  • Vancouver Port
  • Vancouver

From £3559pp

Canada & Alaska Cruises

Victoria, Vancouver & Alaska Highlights

  • 14 Nights
  • Vancouver
  • Victoria
  • Alaska Cruise

From £3629pp

Canada & Alaska Cruises

Bears, Whales & Glaciers

  • 15 Nights
  • Vancouver
  • Victoria
  • Tofino
  • Alaska Cruise

From £3729pp

Canada & Alaska Cruises

Pacific Coast & Alaska Cruise & Fly Drive

  • 20 Nights
  • Vancouver
  • Victoria
  • Tofino
  • Campbell River
  • Whistler
  • Alaska Cruise

From £4159pp

Alaska Cruises

Alaska by Rail and Sea

  • 15 Nights
  • Fairbanks
  • Talkeenta
  • Anchorage
  • Seward
  • Hubbard Glacier
  • Juneau
  • Skagway
  • Ketchikan
  • Icy Strait Point
  • Inside Passage
  • Vancouver

From £4709pp

Canada & Alaska Cruises

Canadian Rockies & Alaskan Explorer

  • 14 Nights
  • Banff
  • Rocky Mountaineer
  • Kamloops
  • Vancouver
  • Alaska Cruise

From £4769pp

Canada Rail Holidays

British Columbia by Rail and Alaska Cruise

  • 17 Nights
  • Vancouver
  • Jasper
  • Prince George
  • Prince Rupert
  • Alaska Cruise

From £4849pp

Rocky Mountaineer and Alaska Cruise

Rockies Alaska Experience Eastbound

  • 16 Nights
  • Vancouver
  • Alaska Cruise
  • Kamloops
  • Jasper
  • Banff

From £5575pp

Canada & Alaska Cruises

Canada & Alaska Sojourn Eastbound

  • 19 Nights
  • Vancouver
  • Alaska Cruise
  • Kamloops
  • Jasper
  • Banff
  • Toronto
  • Niagara Falls

From £6279pp

Canada & Alaska Cruises

Jewels of Alaska & Canada

  • 19 Nights
  • Banff
  • Jasper
  • Quesnel
  • Whistler
  • Vancouver
  • Alaska Cruise
  • Victoria

From £6489pp

Alaska Luxury Cruises

Grand Alaska and Canada Adventure

  • 15 Nights
  • Vancouver
  • Alaska Cruise
  • Seward
  • Anchorage
  • Talkeenta
  • Fairbanks

From £10319pp

Canada Luxury Holidays

Grandeur of BC & Alaska

  • 15 Nights
  • Whistler
  • Vancouver
  • Victoria
  • Alaska Cruise

From £11579pp

Alaska Cruises

Canada & Alaska Extravagance

  • 16 Nights
  • Rimrock Resort
  • Banff
  • Lake Louise
  • Jasper
  • Kamloops
  • Vancouver
  • Canada Place Vancouver
  • Inside Passage
  • Ketchikan
  • Juneau
  • Skagway
  • Icy Strait Point
  • Hubbard Glacier

From £14319pp

Canada & Alaska Cruises

Celebrity Eclipse Alaska Cruises

  • 7 Nights
  • Vancouver Port
  • Inside Passage
  • Icy Strait Point
  • Hubbard Glacier
  • Juneau
  • Ketchikan

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Alaska Cruises

Silversea Nova

  • 7 Nights
  • Vancouver
  • Inside Passage
  • Ketchikan
  • Juneau
  • Skagway
  • Hubbard Glacier
  • Seward

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