Mendenhall Ice Caves

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It may seem as if these pictures were taken from another planet,but they are actually shots of the Mendenhall Glacier which stretches 12 miles. It is located in Mendenhall Valley, approximatelyanother 12 miles from downtown Juneau in the southeast are the U.S.state of Alaska. The mammoth glacier and its immediate landscape area is protected as the 5,815-acre Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area, a federally-designated unit of the Tongass National Forest.

The 19 kilometer long Mendenhall Glacier is an extraordinary
delight for both adventurous seekers as well as photographers such as Kent Mearig who goes beneath the glacier to capture its one-of-a-kind ice caves.