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While you'll experience incredible views of Hubbard Glacier from your cruise ship, you can get even closer to this natural wonder on a shallow-draft vessel. Navigate through an icy labyrinth of towering icebergs, and marvel at the glacier's extraordinary calving displays and native wildlife.
As many glaciers thin and retreat, Hubbard Glacier is advancing at a rate so fast it's nicknamed, “the Galloping Glacier.” Hubbard's massive ice chunks regularly calve off and thunder into the sea. It also caused the largest glacial lake outburst flood in recent history.
Meanwhile, as a premium line, Celebrity has slightly higher priced entry-level rooms and greater emphasis on a refined experience, especially elevated service and dining.
Named after Gardiner Hubbard, the founder and president of the National Geographic Society, Hubbard Glacier is the longest tidewater glacier in the world. It's located about 200 miles northwest of Alaska's capital city of Juneau.
Most Alaska glacier cruises have at least one itinerary that includes a visit to the famous Hubbard Glacier. The good thing about Hubbard Glacier is that it's so big you can't miss it as your cruise ship sails by it. Hubbard Glacier in Alaska is a remarkable sight that you don't want to miss on your trip up North.