Gulkana Glacier 1967
Detailed Description
Gulkana Glacier. Ice flowing from four tributaries unites to form the main glacier. Irregular and folded medial moraines suggest that this glacier surges, but no recent advances have been observed. In recent decades the glacier has been shrinking rapidly; note the large barren area in front of the terminus recently exposed by the melting ice. Donnelly district, Yukon region, Alaska. August 31, 1967. (Aerial view.)
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.
U.S. Geological Survey (Data Owner), Meier, Mark Frederick (Photographer)
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Mountain glaciers are dynamic reservoirs of frozen water, deeply interconnected with their surrounding ecosystems. Glacier change in North America has major societal impacts, including to water resources, natural hazard risk, tourism disruption, fisheries, and global sea level change. Understanding and quantifying precise connections between changing glaciers, the surrounding landscape and climate...
Gulkana Glacier
Gulkana Glacier is located in the high-latitude continental climate regime of Alaska’s Delta Mountains. Glacier observations began at this site in 1966 and continue through present as the northern most USGS Benchmark Glacier.
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Mountain glaciers are dynamic reservoirs of frozen water, deeply interconnected with their surrounding ecosystems. Glacier change in North America has major societal impacts, including to water resources, natural hazard risk, tourism disruption, fisheries, and global sea level change. Understanding and quantifying precise connections between changing glaciers, the surrounding landscape and climate...
Gulkana Glacier
Gulkana Glacier is located in the high-latitude continental climate regime of Alaska’s Delta Mountains. Glacier observations began at this site in 1966 and continue through present as the northern most USGS Benchmark Glacier.