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Spirit of Glacier Bay aground in Tarr Inlet, Alaska, July 2008. Spirit of Glacier Bay, formerly Spirit of Nantucket and Nantucket Clipper, and now called the Chichagof Dream is a small cruise ship that was owned and operated by Cruise West until 2010. She is 207 feet long, carries up to 102 passengers and approximately 28 crew.
The most popular way to see Glacier Bay is by boat. Peter Christian, chief spokesperson for Public Affairs for the National Park Service’s Alaska region, said highly regulated cruise ships "go ...
The welcome sign to Glacier Bay seen by the road entrance. Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is a national park of the United States located in Southeast Alaska west of Juneau. President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the area around Glacier Bay a national monument under the Antiquities Act on February 26, 1925. [4]
The last grounding, and by far most dramatic, involved the Spirit of Glacier Bay, formerly known as the Spirit of Nantucket. On July 7, 2008, the ship was cruising Tarr Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park when it ran aground on a silt bar. The ship was stuck for over nine hours while awaiting the incoming tide. [7]
Captain J.W. Swanson built the tour boat DeSmet in 1930, for the Glacier Park Transport Company. In 1938, Arthur J. Burch purchased the contract to provide boat services in Glacier National Park. The DeSmet was named after Father Pierre DeSmet , a prominent Jesuit missionary in the area.
Gulkana glacier in the Alaska Range: Johns Hopkins Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve: Matanuska Glacier and peaks of the Chugach Mountains: The Homer Spit is believed to be the remains of a glacial moraine.
The Morning Eagle is a tour boat located on Lake Josephine in Glacier National Park. The vessel was constructed in 1945, by J.W. Swanson and Arthur J. Burch. The Morning Eagle was originally named Big Chief and was launched on Swiftcurrent Lake. The name was changed in 1960 and the vessel was moved to Lake Josephine.
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