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  1. 2015
  2. July

2015-07-05

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  • Perspective

    Perspective

    Looking down the Castner Glacier.

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  • Wild Sweet Pea and Mountains

    Wild Sweet Pea and Mountains

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  • Harsh Terrain

    Harsh Terrain

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  • Boulder on the Moraine

    Boulder on the Moraine

    Larger and larger rocks appear on my way up the 6-mile long moraine.

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  • Boulders

    Boulders

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  • Peaks and Glacier

    Peaks and Glacier

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  • No Name?

    No Name?

    Not sure if this guy on the west end of Broken Glacier has a name. Seems like it has a decent prominence, though. Near Triangle Peak.

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  • Rough Valley

    Rough Valley

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  • Broken Glacier

    Broken Glacier

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  • White Princess

    White Princess

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  • White Princess Branch

    White Princess Branch

    The northern branch of the Castner Glacier comes into view.

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  • Castner Ice

    Castner Ice

    Looking up the northern branch of the Castner Glacier

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  • M'Ladies Branch

    M'Ladies Branch

    Looking up the southern branch of the Castner Glacier

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  • Castner Glacier

    Castner Glacier

    Looking up the northern White Princess Branch of the Castner Glacier from the medial moraine.

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  • O'brien Icefall

    O'brien Icefall

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  • Projection: Rectilinear (0)<br />
FOV: 73 x 68<br />
Ev: 13.97

    Projection: Rectilinear (0)
    FOV: 73 x 68
    Ev: 13.97

  • Projection: Rectilinear (0)<br />
FOV: 73 x 68<br />
Ev: 13.97

    Projection: Rectilinear (0)
    FOV: 73 x 68
    Ev: 13.97

  • Canyon

    Canyon

    Deep canyon where the moraine met bare ice.

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  • Boulder on Ice

    Boulder on Ice

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  • Silvertip

    Silvertip

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  • Mt. Silvertip

    Mt. Silvertip

    Looking up Mt. Silvertip from the Castner Glacier

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  • Moulin

    Moulin

    A small, inactive moulin

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  • More cracks

    More cracks

    Longitudinal crevasses on the Castner Glacier. These cracks often form where the glacier valley widens, increasing the tensile stress on the ice and run parallel to the flow direction. These are less common than transverse crevasses that run perpendicular to the flow direction and often occur where the glacier steepens (you can see a few transverse crevasses on the upper right side of this image). More photos of the Castner Glacier here.

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  • Crevasse

    Crevasse

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  • Steep Ice

    Steep Ice

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  • Crevasse

    Crevasse

    Castner Glacier in the Eastern Alaska Range

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  • Balance

    Balance

    Rocks on ice pedestals on the Castner Glacier. The rocks insulate the ice beneath them, so the surrounding ice melts faster.

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  • Castner Glacier

    Castner Glacier

    Looking over the rock-covered surface of the Castner Glacier in the Eastern Alaska Range.

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  • Cracks

    Cracks

    Mostly small crevasses, but every once in a while I'd encounter a large one.

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  • Lunch View

    Lunch View

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