Margerie Glacier, Glacier Bay Wall Art | Vintage Alaska Print

Margerie Glacier ends the long reach of Glacier Bay National Park in a wall of fractured blue ice standing straight out of the sea. This vintage poster keeps the calving face front and centre, broken bergs drifting on cold green water, with the snow-streaked Fairweather Range rising dark behind it.

Why you'll love it

• Painted in the golden-age national park poster style: the ice face cut into hundreds of pale blue and white facets, water laid in flat teal strokes, and the peaks behind kept in cool slate and violet.
• It names the exact place. Margerie Glacier below the Fairweather Range, Alaska, with the park date and the coordinates 58.50 N, 137.00 W set along the bottom edge.
• Margerie Glacier flows roughly 21 miles from the slopes of Mount Root, and its tidewater face stands about 250 feet above the waterline where it meets the bay.
• Ice blue, deep teal and slate violet over a cream border make a calm palette for a bedroom, a bathroom or a cool north-facing room.
• Drawn in the same style as the rest of the 63-park series, so several hang together as one set.

Materials and sizes

• Paper: museum-grade matte art paper with archival pigment inks, 2:3 vertical format.
• Canvas: matte gallery canvas, or ready-to-hang framed canvas in white, black, espresso or natural wood.
• Sizes: 8x12" through 30x40", plus A4 to A1 for European frames.
• Made to order with colour-managed printing.

Styling it at home

Everything here is cool, so the print behaves best on a warm wall, clay or greige, or hung against wood that carries some orange. In a mostly white room give it a black frame to hold the edges together. It is a good choice above a bed, where the teal and ice blue keep the room quiet rather than busy. Set beside Kenai Fjords or Katmai it builds a coastal Alaska trio.

Shipping and care

Paper prints ship rolled in a rigid tube. Framed canvas arrives ready to hang with hardware fitted. Keep the print out of direct sunlight and wipe the surface with a dry, soft cloth.

FAQ

How is this different from the other Glacier Bay National Park prints in the shop? This is the Margerie Glacier view, with the location and coordinates lettered at the foot of the poster. The other Glacier Bay National Park designs show different views in mid-century, oil painting and watercolour styles.

Is a frame included with the paper print? No. Paper prints ship unframed; the framed options are the framed canvas materials.