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Tracy Arm where we bash through ice with unsettling noises from the hull

For my video; youtu.be/vSuVqMorN4o,

 

 

The ship made strange noises as it plowed through this ice

 

Tracy Arm is a fjord in Alaska near Juneau. It is named after a Civil War general named Benjamin Franklin Tracy. It is located about 45 miles (72 km) south of Juneau and 70 miles north of Petersburg, Alaska, off of Holkham Bay and adjacent to Stephen's Passage within the Tongass National Forest. Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness was designated as a wilderness area by the United States Congress in 1980.

 

The Tracy Arm area covers 653,179 acres (2,643.32 km2) and consists of two deep and narrow fjords: Tracy Arm and Endicott Arm. Both fjords are over 30 miles (48 km) long and one-fifth of their area is covered in ice. During the summer, the fjord has considerable floating ice ranging from the size of a three-story building to hand-size pieces. During the most recent glaciated period, this fjord filled with active glaciers.

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Uploaded on April 5, 2010
Taken on May 19, 2006