A "fjord" is a Nordic term meaning a narrow waterway surrounded by sharp cliffs. So while Juneau's Mendenhall Glacier steals most of the tourist traffic, the 27-mile-long Tracy Arm Fjord is the ...

We elected to venture our way up the alternative fjord, Tracy Arm, and attempt to visit the Sawyer and South Sawyer Glaciers. We were successful on both accounts, and surprised by what we encountered.

A "fjord" is a Nordic term meaning a narrow waterway surrounded by sharp cliffs. So while Juneau's Mendenhall Glacier steals most of the tourist traffic, the 27-mile-long Tracy Arm Fjord is the ...

Sea Kayaking in Alaska's Tracy Arm Fjord My daughter has been a guide these past eight summers in Alaska, and for her to be this excited convinced me: Tracy Arm must be very special indeed.

THESE pink mountains bathed in an orange glow could easily be part of a Martian landscape. Instead, the peaks rise above the Tracy Arm – a 43 kilometre-long fjord near Juneau in Alaska.

Sawyer and South Sawyer glaciers enter the water in Tracy Arm and Dawes Glacier comes in the head of Endicott Arm in the Tongass National Forest.