As you cruise around Cape Ailiak, you’ll get a first look at Aialik Bay and it’s surrounding glaciers. Look for mountain peaks emerging from the fields of snow and ice of Harding Icefield.

Visit either one of two spectacular tidewater glaciers, Aialik or Holgate. Aialik Glacier is surrounded by steep cliffs, dense forests and towering mountain peaks. Visitors may see spectacular calving events as ice chunks break and crash into the ocean. Keep an eye for harbor seals.

Visit either one of two spectacular tidewater glaciers, Aialik or Holgate. Like Aialik, Holgate Glacier is surrounded by steep cliffs, dense forests and towering mountain peaks. Visitors may see spectacular calving events as ice chunks break and crash into the ocean. Though rare, black bears have been sighted on the beaches in Holgate arm.

Explore the landscapes and wildlife of the Chiswell Islands and more in the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. This area extends 3.5 million acres and is home to Stellar sea lions and nesting sites for many birds, including black-legged kittiwakes, horned and tufted puffins, murres, auklets, and pelagic, double crested and red-faced cormorants.