Wolverine Glacier 1966
Detailed Description
Wolverine Glacier. The glacier heads in a broad basin but terminates in a narrow gorge. Crevasses indicate this glacier is flowing quite rapidly. Relatively little retreat in recent decades is demonstrated by the narrow areas of recently exposed bedrock along the margins of the ice. Seward district, Alaska Gulf region, Alaska. September 3, 1966. (Aerial photo) Published as plate 2-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional Paper 715-A. 1971.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.
Photographer: Mark Frederick Meier
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Wolverine Glacier
Wolverine Glacier is located in the high-latitude maritime climate regime of Alaska’s Kenai Mountains. Glacier observations began at this site in 1966.
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Glaciers and Landscape Change
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...
Wolverine Glacier
Wolverine Glacier is located in the high-latitude maritime climate regime of Alaska’s Kenai Mountains. Glacier observations began at this site in 1966.