Zan Frederick (USGS) packing gear at sunset on Wolverine Glacier
Detailed Description
By 4:42 pm on December 13, the sun has set and it is time leave Wolverine Glacier.
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Public Domain.
Photographer: Louis Sass (USGS)
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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...
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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
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