Two ice skaters were stranded and self-rescued from a glacier chunk that fell onto the ice in Portage Lake, Alaska, on Monday ...

Two people became stranded after a piece of glacier broke off onto Portage Lake in Alaska, officials said. Photo from Girdwood Fire and Rescue's Facebook post Ice climbers came to the rescue of ...

and the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center. If you have time, you can visit Portage Lake and do the cruise to see the Portage Glacier. Continuing on, drive to Homer with stops in Cooper Landing ...

If retreating into Alaska's backcountry ... travelers who board the Glacier Discovery train will be transported into the Chugach National Forest and beautiful, icy Spencer Lake, its namesake ...