Alaska

Portage Glacier, Alaska
アラスカ氷河

　 Portage Glacier, Alaska

Prince William Sound, Alaska

Prince William Sound and Begich Boggs Visitor Center

Between Girdwood and the road to Whittier, just off the scenic Seward Highway about 80 kms south
of Anchorage, is the stunning Portage Valley. Portage Glacier is located in the and is one of Alaska’s
most visited attractions. The Portage Glacier Road winds about eight kms from the Seward Highway.
To get up close to the glacier, take an hour-long narrated sightseeing boat tour on Portage Lake that
cruises out to the face of the glacier. It is available every day from late-May through early September.

Begich Boggs Visitor Center and cruise ship

(L) Portage Valley iceberg in September 2014 (R)Picture source: Alaska Volcano Observatory

Portage Valley iceberg

ポーテージ氷河はターンアゲイン・アームに隣接している。近くにポーテージの町が在りましたが、1964年の
アラスカ大地震で浸水し住民は避難。アクセスは、セワード・ハイウェイをアンカレッジへ向かう途中にある。

Portage Glacier is located adjacent to Turnagain Arm. Road access is via the Seward Highway to the former
town of Portage, which was flooded and subsequently vacated following the 1964 Alaska earthquake.
The Portage Glacier Road runs 9.7 km, mostly past USFS campgrounds, to the Begich, Boggs Visitor Center.
The main road used to end here, but now continues eastward, leading to the Anton Anderson Memorial
Tunnel and to Whittier.

　Whittier, Alaska

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The photographs were taken in September 2014, and article was written in September 2014,
by Junhaku Miyamoto, M.D., PhD.
Information was added in August 2022.
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