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Sperry Glacier Mid View
Repeating Elrod’s photograph from the same photo point was impossible since he shot from the elevated perspective of the glacier’s surface. The terminus of the glacier has retreated beyond the field of view, but these images give a sense of the glacier’s extent and mass early in the 20th century.
Sperry Glacier from Comeau Pass
The expanse of Sperry Glacier that once greeted hikers facing NE on Comeau Pass is in stark contrast to the bedrock and vegetation that has since emerged as the ice retreated. The Marble image, most likely taken in the 1920s or early 1930s, was featured on a postcard with this caption: " Sperry Glacier from the river."
Swiftcurrent Glacier from Trail
Swiftcurrent Glacier from Swiftcurrent Trail. Glacier National Park.
Sperry Glacier - Panorama
The 1913 image of Sperry Glacier shows the thickness of the glacial ice that once covered the Sperry basin. Now, at approximately 1/3 of it's maximum area, Sperry Glacier continues to recede at a rapid rate. It is one of the glaciers that USGS scientists are monitoring as a benchmark glacier.
Sperry Glacier
The northwest portion of Sperry Glacier once spanned Comeau Pass to the base of Edwards Mountain.
Shepard Glacier 1913 - 2005
Shepard Glacier from Pyramid Peak, Glacier National Park.
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Sperry Glacier Mid View
Repeating Elrod’s photograph from the same photo point was impossible since he shot from the elevated perspective of the glacier’s surface. The terminus of the glacier has retreated beyond the field of view, but these images give a sense of the glacier’s extent and mass early in the 20th century.
Sperry Glacier from Comeau Pass
The expanse of Sperry Glacier that once greeted hikers facing NE on Comeau Pass is in stark contrast to the bedrock and vegetation that has since emerged as the ice retreated. The Marble image, most likely taken in the 1920s or early 1930s, was featured on a postcard with this caption: " Sperry Glacier from the river."
Swiftcurrent Glacier from Trail
Swiftcurrent Glacier from Swiftcurrent Trail. Glacier National Park.
Sperry Glacier - Panorama
The 1913 image of Sperry Glacier shows the thickness of the glacial ice that once covered the Sperry basin. Now, at approximately 1/3 of it's maximum area, Sperry Glacier continues to recede at a rapid rate. It is one of the glaciers that USGS scientists are monitoring as a benchmark glacier.
Sperry Glacier
The northwest portion of Sperry Glacier once spanned Comeau Pass to the base of Edwards Mountain.
Shepard Glacier 1913 - 2005
Shepard Glacier from Pyramid Peak, Glacier National Park.