In southeast Alaska and northern British Columbia glaciers from when moist air flows towards the mountains, rising and cooling to release snow and rain. The winter snow accumulation exceeds the summer snow melt at the higher elevations. So, year after year snow accumulates, compacting the underlying snow layers from previous years into glacial ice. As the glacial ice continues to build, gravity pulls the ice down the slope towards a lake or the ocean.
Did you know that the average annual snowfall in the Juneau icefield exceeds 100 feet! Now that is a lot of snow!
It was extremely overcast and pouring rain while we were in Juneau, so no beautiful blue skies, but here are the pictures regardless.
We thought is iceberg looked like a motorboat.
This one was E's favourite, because the iceberg on the right side of the frame looks like a large rubber duckie.
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