Somewhere, looming in the darkness, was LeConte Glacier. The towering face of ice dwarfed a small fishing vessel — the Steller — that came from nearby Petersburg, Alaska. Aboard were 12 ...

LeConte Glacier, a tidewater glacier about 25 miles from Petersburg. (Photo by Roman Motyka) LeConte Glacier near Petersburg is the farthest-south glacier that spills into the sea on this side of ...

LeConte Glacier near Petersburg has been the focus of a lot of research lately. It’s the southern-most tide water glacier in the northern hemisphere and scientists have been studying it to give ...

LeConte Glacier with Tongass Kayak Adventures in Petersburg, southeastern Alaska. David G. Molyneaux TheTravelMavens.com Inside Passage, Southeastern Alaska ...

To maintain a safe distance, the researchers set up a base of operations on the R/V Steadfast, a 108-foot research ship that cruised the waters 500 meters away from LeConte Glacier. Several small ...

LeConte Glacier in Alaska is what’s known as a tidewater glacier – essentially, it’s a 20-mile-long (32-km) river of ice that ends in the ocean. For the new study, ...

VIDEO: Alaska HDTV explores the epic scenery of LeConte Bay and Glacier. Sections. Alaska News Politics Opinions Sports Talk to us Opens in new window. Get our free newsletters. Subscribe; ...

The new models are specifically designed for the unique vertical glacier fronts in Greenland and were created based on previous data that the LeConte Glacier front in Alaska might be melting 100 ...

As it melts, LeConte Glacier is behaving like almost every other glacier in our warming world, contributing to sea-level rise that threatens coastal cities from Sri Lanka to Sweden.

AMHS vessels are named after glaciers, in this case LeConte Glacier in Petersburg. The 235-foot ferry, which turns 50 next year, serves the northern end of the Southeast.