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Ganesh Raam
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Park · Alaska

Kenai Fjords

What makes it unique

A tidewater glacier park where almost everything worth seeing is reached by boat from Seward, so swell and fog decide the day more than season does.

Acreage669,650
National park since1980
Best lightSep
Visited2016
Terrain profile · W→E Harding Icefield down Exit Glacier to Resurrection Bay · 60.14°N · 0–4,623 ftElevation data · Open-Meteo

The photographs

19 selects
Seward Day Cruise, Kenai FjordsSeward Day Cruise55mm · f/10 · 1/500s · ISO 100Seward, Kenai FjordsSeward55mm · f/10 · 1/500s · ISO 100Exit Glacier, Kenai FjordsExit Glacier55mm · f/7.1 · 1/250s · ISO 100Harding Icefield, Kenai FjordsHarding Icefield90mm · f/9 · 1/500s · ISO 100Jagged Peaks, Kenai FjordsJagged Peaks55mm · f/9 · 1/400s · ISO 100Dramatic Altitude, Kenai FjordsDramatic Altitude55mm · f/9 · 1/400s · ISO 100Changing Light, Kenai FjordsChanging Light55mm · f/7.1 · 1/250s · ISO 100Summer in Alaska, Kenai FjordsSummer in Alaska55mm · f/7.1 · 1/250s · ISO 100Kenai Fjords National Park, Kenai FjordsKenai Fjords National Park84mm · f/7.1 · 1/320s · ISO 100Alaskan Mornings, Kenai FjordsAlaskan Mornings55mm · f/5.6 · 1/160s · ISO 100Tidewater Glacier, Kenai FjordsTidewater Glacier4mm · f/2.2 · 1/3600s · ISO 32Glacier Peaks, Kenai FjordsGlacier Peaks55mm · f/5.6 · 1/800s · ISO 100Seward Day Cruise, Kenai FjordsSeward Day Cruise55mm · f/7.1 · 1/250s · ISO 100Giant Peaks of Snow, Kenai FjordsGiant Peaks of Snow55mm · f/8 · 1/400s · ISO 100Northwestern Glacier, Kenai FjordsNorthwestern Glacier35mm · f/11 · 1/400s · ISO 100Tidewater Glacier, Kenai FjordsTidewater Glacier18mm · f/10 · 1/250s · ISO 100Tidewater Glacier, Kenai FjordsTidewater Glacier18mm · f/11 · 1/320s · ISO 100Waterfalls, Kenai FjordsWaterfalls55mm · f/5.6 · 1/160s · ISO 100Seward, Kenai FjordsSeward55mm · f/8 · 1/320s · ISO 100
Field notes

If you go

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A · When to go

Best for photography in Sep.

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B · Before you go
Access

Most of the park is boat-access only and tours cancel in swell. Exit Glacier Road closes to vehicles in winter. Seward fills completely during the July salmon derby.

Avoid

October through April the boat tours stop and only Exit Glacier is reachable, by ski or snowmachine.

C · How I shot it

14 of 19 frames on the Canon EF-S 55–250mm f/4–5.6 IS II.

Canon EF-S 55–250mm f/4–5.6 IS II14 of 19
Canon EF-S 18–55mm f/3.5–5.6 IS II4 of 19
Back camera 4.15mm f/2.21 of 19
Most used55mm · 13 frames
Typical aperturef/7.1 – f/10
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