Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, September 29, 2015: The Beauty of Alaska’s Tracy Arm Fjord
September 29, 2015
A fjord is a long, narrow inlet created by glacial erosion. Fjords can be found all over the world, but in Alaska they
A fjord is a long, narrow inlet created by glacial erosion. Fjords can be found all over the world, but in Alaska they
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