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College Fjord
All photographs taken by Kenneth A. Larson. All rights reserved. © 2007 - 2012.
Chart of College Fjord showing locations of some of the major glaciers. Chart is incomplete. Chart created by the author.
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College Fjord, in the northern section of Prince Edward Sound in Alaska, is so named because of
the many glaciers named after eastern colleges. The Harriman Expedition discovered the fjord in
1899 and expedition member honored many of their favorite colleges by naming the glaciers for
them, women's colleges on the northwest and men's on the southeast. Harvard Glacier is the
largest at the end of the main arm, Yale is the next largest at the end of the Yale Arm to the right.
Five large glaciers are tidewater glaciers, which means they terminate in the ocean, five large
valley glaciers hang above, dropping material down the mountainside, and numerous smaller
glaciers lie in the mountains that line the shore. The same ice fields yield glaciers into adjacent
fjords. Most visitors to College Fjord are onboard the many cruise ships that include this scenic
wonder among their stops. As with most of the worlds glaciers, some of these, such as Yale, are
receding while others, like Harvard, are advancing. The epicenter of the Good Friday Earthquake
of 1964 was near College Fjord. Partial list of College Fjord glaciers Amherst Glacier (trends northwest to a lake) Baby Glacier Bryn Mawr Glacier (trends toward Harvard Arm) Crescent Glacier (east side) Downer Glacier (trends west - named for Women's college) Harvard Glacier (1 ½ mile face) Holyoke Glacier (trends southeast on west side) Smith Glacier (trends southeast toward Harvard) Vassar Glacier (trends southeast toward fjord) Wellesley Glacier (trends east 4 mi. to a lagoon, on the west bank) Williams Glacier (trends northwest) Yale Glacier (trends southwest toward Yale Arm) |
 Entering College Fjord. |
 Looking back toward open sea. |
 distant sea otter. |
 Distant seals. |
 Rings in water. |
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Looking forward along the ship toward Bryn Mawr, Smith, and Harvard Glaciers.
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| Bryn Mawr Glacier, Smith Glacier, and Harvard Glacier. | |
 7678Vassar Glacier (the valley glacier at left), and tidewater glaciers Bryn Mawr, Smith, and Harvard. |
 Harvard Glacier left, Yale Glacier right. |
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| Bryn Mawr Glacier, on the west side of the fjord, is named for a women's college. | |
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| College Fjord showing six glaciers as the ship sails out. | |
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| Bryn Mawr Glacier, Smith Glacier, and Harvard Glacier. | |
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| Bryn Mawr Glacier, Smith Glacier, and Harvard Glacier. | |
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| Harvard Glacier. | |
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Harvard Glacier at left, Yale at right.
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| Yale Glacier, on the east side so it is named for a men's college, is the second largest in the fjord. | |
 Yale Glacier from more distance. |
 Yale Glacier. |
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| As glaciers calf off pieces, small icebergs are created. These small icebergs pose little threat to large cruise ships. | |
 More icebergs. |
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