Flora and Fauna
Margerie Glacier is a part of the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, which is a myriad combination tidewater glaciers, snow-capped mountain ranges, ocean coastlines, deep fjords, and freshwater rivers and lakes, provides widely varying land and seascape “hosts a mosaic of plant communities and a variety of marine and terrestrial wildlife.” Arctic terns and gulls nest in the rocks of the Margerie Glacier. As this glacier calves, it disturbs the krill and small fish, thus making it an ideal spot for birds. Whales and bears are also seen around this glacier.
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