Historic wave height: The tsunami’s 1,578-foot run-up was surpassed only by Alaska’s 1958 Lituya Bay event, making it the second-tallest in recorded history. Near-miss for tourists: The wave struck ...
Discover how a massive rock slide in Alaska triggered a towering tsunami, revealing new insights into wave dynamics and ...
Last summer, a massive landslide slid into a fjord south of Juneau, Alaska, producing an enormous surge of water that ran up ...
Tracy Arm Fjord, in southeastern Alaska within the Tongass National Forest, presents ⁠a ⁠majestic vista, with a narrow sea inlet surrounded by towering ⁠granite cliffs, waterfalls and glaciers. One ...
Aerial view of the August 2025 landslide and tsunami near South Sawyer Glacier in Alaska A massive 'megatsunami' wave created when part of an Alaskan mountain crumbled into the sea is the second ...
If you’re one of the roughly 1.6 million people who took a cruise in Alaska last year, chances are you sailed through the Tracy Arm fjord. The picturesque, narrow fjord is a pop ...
On the evening of Aug. 9, 2025, passengers on the Hanse Explorer finished taking selfies and videos of the South Sawyer Glacier, and the ship headed back down the fjord. Twelve hours later, a ...
In 2025, the retreating South Sawyer Glacier in Alaska's Tracy Arm, a fjord near Juneau, triggered a large landslide. As debris from the landslide smashed into the water, it triggered a megatsunami ...
The world’s second-tallest tsunami wave on record tore through the remote Tracy Arm fjord in Alaska last August, leaving immense destruction in its wake. Scientists have made it possible for you to ex ...
Tsunamis are giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea or landslides. The tallest tsunami on record - about 1,700 feet (520 meters) - also was a localized event, occurring ...
A cherished highlight of many Alaskan cruises, the majestic Tracy Arm fjord, is being bypassed by major cruise lines this season, disappointing many travelers. The decision follows a landslide last ...