DNR advises safety precautions before water recreation after kayakers escape calving glacier unscathed – KTUU.com
Posted: Thu 5:31 AM, Aug 15, 2019  |  Updated: Thu 7:02 AM, Aug 15, 2019 ANCHORAGE (KTUU) – Many tourists are spending time in Alaska this summer for what some – such as Andrew Hooper and Josh Bastyr – consider the “experience of a lifetime.” While touring the area new Spencer Glacier this week, that’s exactly what those two got, escaping a calving glacier without any injuries and catching the whole thing on camera. “We just mulling around, checking it out,” Bastyr said. “And then we started hearing the big shotgun sound, water splashing, the calving, just to the side of us.” A calm kayaking excursion quickly turned terrifying for the two tourists, with a large section of the glacier crumbling into the water before their eyes and sending waves of water toward their kayaks. “It’s a good warning for everybody,” said DNR Park Specialist Annie Grenier, “just to give it some space.” While capturing such a sight on camera isn’t a