Home • Seward Helicopter Flightseeing Tours • 30 Minute Glacier Tour


This flightseeing tour features land and sea on our way to Bear Glacier. You will fly south over Resurrection Bay along the coast where you may see whales, otters, seals, and a variety of Alaskan Sea Life. Your pilot will make a turn into Bear Glacier Lagoon which is filled with hundreds of icebergs, some the size of a grocery store. After exploring the lagoon it's time to fly up Bear Glacier, the longest glacier off the Harding Icefield at over 10 miles long. After seeing crevasses and flying over a 2,000 foot thick glacier you will now be traveling through the Kenai Mountain Range. Here we will look for goats and bears. You will notice many additional Hanging Glaciers in this valley that are all part of the Harding Icefield, the largest icefield in the US. After a bird's-eye view of Exit Glacier we will head back towards Seward flying down Resurrection River, which feeds right into the Pacific Ocean.

We also offer 2 add-on options to this tour that allows you to get an up-close view of Bear Glacier’s icebergs. One is a combination Bear Glacier helicopter flightseeing tour with your choice of sea kayaking or stand up paddle boarding. The other is combination Bear Glacier helicopter flightseeing with a 30 minute boat tour of Bear Glacier Lagoon for an up-close water level view of the giant icebergs and glacier.

Flight path may vary based on weather conditions and other factors we are happy to discuss them with you when you arrive.

• 30 minute scenic Seward helicopter flight
• Large window view seats for everyone
• See Bear Glacier and its giant icebergs
• Harding Icefield the largest icefield in North America
• Complimentary pickup and drop-off at all Seward area hotels

Tour Dates And Rates
Daily: May 1 - September 30
Choose A Time: Between 9:00am and 6:00pm

2 person minimum, 3 max per flight. 300 lbs is the weight limit for any one passenger. The total passenger weight limit is 600lbs

Adult/Child: $294.40 each plus tax and fees (total $315 each)

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