"Perhaps the best-kept secret on Alaska's coast is the spell-binding glacial enclave of Northwestern Fjord. Eight major glaciers flow into this steeply-walled embayment, with Northwestern Glacier (Right) at the fjord's head, taken 1986."

"Northwestern Glacier has retreated more than 9 nautical miles in the past century and continues to retreat."

"Ogive Glacier (Left) is one of three tidewater glaciers in Northwestern Fjord. Ogive is notable for its jagged ice spires (seracs) dominating its lower base. High above its ice front are large, suspended ice blocks that routinely plummet over a sheer rock precipice."

"Unlike most retreating glaciers in NWF, Ogive Glacier has shown only moderate thinning over the past two decades. Since the early 1900s, icebergs and strong tidal currents have slowly eroded the moraine bar that blocked entry into Northwestern Fjord at the head of Harris Bay."

"The inviting cream-colored beaches of Ribbonfall Cove (Right) are comprised of gritty granite powder. Behind the beachfront an extensive lagoon and swampy lowlands fill the valley floor."

"The shoreline of Ribbonfall Cove is a terrific place to roam on foot. A number of hanging valleys with waterfalls rest above the cove."