The human name describes the many long bays carved by the glaciers that once filled the area. For about 12,000 years, the glaciers have been melting. The melting ice has caused the sea level to rise. Areas of rock carved by the ice now hold water.
Ocean currents stir nutrients into the water column in the late spring.
Fed by the nutrients, the abundance of carbon dioxide and the long days of sunshine, the fjords come alive with phytoplankton, zoooplankton and small fish. The lives of the many animals which call the Supper Sea home revolve around this annual abundance. Each spring whales and seabirds return to the Supper Sea and spend the summer gorging on its bounty. The Supper Sea Series is written by Marine Biologist C.J. Rea who migrates each summer to the Kenai Fjords of Alaska to work as an interpretive naturalist for tourists visiting the Fjords. The books are aimed at a family audience and include lively story text, a fun ditty for the very young and young at heart and solid natural history facts.