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Puzzle 74 · Alaska · Page 104 in print

Kenai Fjords

The Harding Icefield in Kenai Fjords is thousands of feet thick, yet it does not bury every mountain; a peak surrounded by the ice is called a nunatak, meaning “lonely peak.”

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A large white glacier with two dark lines running down the center. In the upper left of the image the glacier meets the ocean, and in the background are mountains

Dark medial moraines cross Bear Glacier.

NPS photo/ D. Kurtz · Public domain (U.S. federal government work) · Original record
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A large field of ice is in the background. In the foreground a path leads to the edge of the icefield

Exit Glacier flows from the Harding Icefield.

NPS Photo/ D Kurtz · Public domain (U.S. federal government work) · Original record
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The words

  1. Aialik Glacier

    Aialik Glacier, the tidewater glacier flowing from the Harding Icefield.

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  2. Bear Glacier

    Bear Glacier, the largest glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park.

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  3. Exit Glacier

    Exit Glacier, the land-ending glacier reached from the park’s developed glacier area.

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  4. Harbor Seal

    The harbor seal, the marine mammal included in the park’s nature guide.

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  5. Holgate Arm

    Holgate Arm, the arm of Aialik Bay containing Holgate Glacier.

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  6. Icefield

    The Harding Icefield, the extensive ice mass feeding glaciers in Kenai Fjords.

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  7. Kittiwake

    The black-legged kittiwake, the seabird included in the Kenai Fjords nature guide.

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  8. McCarty Fjord

    McCarty Fjord, the named fjord in Kenai Fjords National Park.

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  9. Nunatak

    A nunatak, a lonely mountain peak protruding above the Harding Icefield.

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  10. Orca

    The orca, the marine mammal included in the park’s nature guide.

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  11. Sea Otter

    The sea otter, the marine mammal seen in Resurrection Bay and the fjords.

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  12. Seward

    Seward, the harbor town containing the park visitor center.

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  13. Sugpiaq

    The Sugpiaq, also known as Alutiiq, the maritime people of the outer Kenai coast.

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  14. Truuli Peak

    Truuli Peak, the high peak of the Harding Icefield region on the Kenai Peninsula.

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  15. Tufted Puffin

    The tufted puffin, one of the two puffin species nesting in Kenai Fjords.

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Sources

  1. The Harding Icefield - Kenai Fjords National ParkNational Park Service
  2. Glaciers / Glacial Features - Kenai Fjords National ParkNational Park Service
  3. Kenai Fjords National Park Nature GuideNational Park Service
  4. Glacier Repeat Photography - Kenai Fjords National ParkNational Park Service
  5. Glacier-fed Rivers and Climate Change in Alaska ParksNational Park Service
  6. Sea Otter - Enhydra Lutris - Kenai Fjords National ParkNational Park Service
  7. Visitor Centers - Kenai Fjords National ParkNational Park Service
  8. People - Kenai Fjords National ParkNational Park Service
  9. Tufted Puffin and Horned Puffin - Kenai Fjords National ParkNational Park Service

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