Are icy-blue glaciers and towering fjords at the top of your list for sight-seeing experiences on a Holland America Line cruise<\/a>? If so, then you\u2019ll enjoy this cruise travel guide highlighting some of the magnificent glaciers and fjords in the Arctic.<\/p>\n<\/div> Alaska wouldn\u2019t be Alaska without its glaciers. One of the most magnificent experiences in the Great Land is cruising through Glacier Bay<\/a>.\u00a0It\u2019s a journey through natural and human history, back to the Little Ice Age. It\u2019s also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<\/p>\n Some of the most popular glaciers include Johns Hopkins Glacier, named in 1893 by Harry Feilding Reid, a glaciologist, seismologist and professor at Johns Hopkins University; and Margerie Glacier, named after French geographer Emmanuel de Margerie, who visited in 1913. On cruises to Glacier Bay, park rangers and Huna Tlingit guides bring the history of this extraordinary place to life with engaging talks.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Other popular Alaska glaciers<\/a> and fjords include:<\/p>\n Learn more about an Alaska cruise<\/a> and the history behind many of Alaska\u2019s most famous glaciers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div> If a Northern Europe cruise<\/a> tops your list, consider experiencing glaciers and fjords in Iceland and Norway.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> An Iceland cruise<\/a> is full of incredible sights and experiences, including shore excursions where you can walk between tectonic plates, watch geysers erupt, and stand at the edge of a massive waterfall. The country also boasts 109 fjords and 269 named glaciers. Prepare for awe-inspiring sights on:<\/p>\n Norway<\/a> offers many breathtaking sights along its captivating coasts. Some of the fjords Norway is famous for include:<\/p>\n Where would you like to go to experience icy-blue glaciers and towering fjords? Share in the comments below.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1984,"featured_media":81228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,31],"tags":[4232,4248,4193],"class_list":["post-81227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-inspiration","category-where-to-travel","tag-alaska","tag-northern-europe","tag-travel-insight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81227","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=81227"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81244,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81227\/revisions\/81244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Alaska<\/h3>\n
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