{"id":80574,"date":"2024-05-01T10:33:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T17:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/?p=80574"},"modified":"2024-05-01T10:41:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T17:41:55","slug":"introducing-holland-america-lines-glacier-guarantee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/whats-new\/introducing-holland-america-lines-glacier-guarantee\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Holland America Line\u2019s Glacier Guarantee\u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are magnificent glaciers at the top of your wanderlust list? Is Alaska calling your name? When you embark on an unforgettable journey with us to the Great Land, you can cruise with confidence knowing you\u2019ll\u202fexperience the awe-inspiring\u202fbeauty of glaciers on every Alaska cruise and\u202fcruisetour. It\u2019s part of our Glacier Guarantee<\/a>\u2122, knowing these icy giants are as much a highlight for you as they are for us.<\/p>\n

If we don\u2019t visit a glacier during your Alaska journey, you\u2019ll receive a Future Cruise Credit equal to 15% of your cruise fare. Don\u2019t sweat it though! We\u2019ve been showcasing the breathtaking wonders of Alaska since 1947, so we know these gigantic glaciers well. In fact, we\u2019re still in awe every time we witness their majesty, and we know you will be, too. Here\u2019s a sneak peek of some of the glaciers you may see on your next Alaska cruise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Glacier Bay National Park <\/strong><\/h3>\n

A cruise through\u00a0Glacier Bay<\/a> is a journey through natural and human history, back to the Little Ice Age. Truly a remarkable place, it has acted as a living laboratory for scientists, such as botanist William S. Cooper, who studied how plants react to glacial retreat.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

It\u2019s a muse for poets and a beloved wild playground of naturalists, like John Muir. It\u2019s also the ancestral homeland of the Huna Tlingit, who called it\u00a0S\u2019e Shuyee<\/em>\u00a0or \u201cedge of the glacial silt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Glacier Bay\u2019s Most Popular Glaciers<\/h4>\n

Johns Hopkins Glacier: Harry Feilding Reid, a glaciologist, seismologist and professor at Johns Hopkins University, named this glacier in 1893.<\/p>\n

Margerie Glacier: This was named after French geographer Emmanuel de Margerie, who visited in 1913.<\/p>\n

On cruises to\u00a0Glacier Bay, rangers and Huna Tlingit guides bring the history of this extraordinary place to life with engaging talks.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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College Fjord<\/strong><\/h3>\n

As you cruise\u00a0College Fjord<\/a>, you\u2019re traveling in the path of the 1899 Harriman Expedition that rounded up the world\u2019s leading naturalists, botanists, photographers and nature writers on a two-month voyage from Seattle to Alaska and Siberia.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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You\u2019ll notice that many of the glaciers are named after prestigious universities. Glaciers on the left are women\u2019s colleges and the ones on the right are men\u2019s colleges. Some of the more famous glaciers in the College Fjord are Amherst, Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Harvard, Smith, Vassar and Yale.<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: It\u2019s rumored that as an ice-cold snub, the scientists didn\u2019t name a glacier after Princeton.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Hubbard Glacier<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Even at 400 years old,\u00a0Hubbard Glacier<\/a>\u00a0manages to stay active. As many glaciers thin and retreat, Hubbard Glacier is advancing at a rate so fast it\u2019s nicknamed, \u201cthe Galloping Glacier.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Hubbard\u2019s massive ice chunks regularly calve off and thunder into the sea. It also caused the largest glacial lake outburst flood in recent history.<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: Hubbard Glacier was named after Gardiner Hubbard, one of the National Geographic Society founders.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Mendenhall Glacier<\/strong><\/h3>\n

John Muir originally named this glacier Auke (Auk) for the Tlingit Auk Kwaan. In 1891, it was renamed for Thomas Corwin Mendenhall, an American physicist and meteorologist. Sadly, the Mendenhall Glacier has receded 1.5 miles since 1929.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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A stop at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center is the best way to learn more about its history. You can also view the glacier and enjoy a salmon feast on the\u00a0Mendenhall Glacier & Salmon Bake<\/a>\u00a0excursion.<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: The Juneau Icefield is more than 3,000 years old.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Are you ready to embark on an unforgettable journey to the Great Land with confidence in our Glacier Guarantee<\/a>\u2122? Learn more about Alaska\u2019s glaciers<\/a> and the thrilling ways you can experience them.<\/p>\n

Article by Lesley McMillen & Amanda Halm.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1984,"featured_media":80581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,40],"tags":[4232,4208],"class_list":["post-80574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-whats-new","category-whats-new","tag-alaska","tag-best-of"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80574"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80590,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80574\/revisions\/80590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}