The Holgate glacier ends in the Holgate Fjord in Kenai Fjords National Park. It is considered a "tidewater" glacier. Note the "U"- shaped valley. Icebergs calve, or break off, from the end of the glacier.
Approaching the Holgate glacier it is hard to appreciate how large it is. To give some scale to this scene, look for the small black rectangle in the water just below the glacier... that is a boat!
was warming himself on the rocks. These spectacular animals were listed as a threatened species in 1990