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There are 616 officially-named glaciers in Alaska and many more unnamed glaciers. The Alaska Almanac esti-
mates that Alaska has 100,000 glaciers. There are approximately 1000 glaciers in Glacier Bay National Park.
Common Questions and Myths About Glaciers - Glacier Bay ...
https://www.nps.gov/glba/learn/nature/common-questions-and-myths-about-glaciers.htm
Ice calving is also known as glacier calving or iceberg calving. It is the breaking of ice chunks
from the edge of a glacier. It is a form of ice disruption and is normally caused by the glacier
expanding. The sounds are very powerful.
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