Glaciers and Icebergs
Table
Large rocks insulate the ice beneath them as the bare ice around them melts down. Eventually, they slide off. Black Rapids Glacier - Alaska Range.
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From 2013-06-29
Columbia Glacier
Columbia Glacier from Columbia Bay (Prince William Sound) in the Chugach Mountains.
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From 2018-07-04
New Stream
Supraglacial stream carving its way throught the snow pack on the Black Rapids Glacier in the Alaska Range.
Always So Many Streams
There were quite a few large streams to cross on the Black Rapids Glacier this year with absolutely no englacial drainage to help calm the water at the surface. At least they are pretty to look at. The channel here was quite a bit deeper and wider than it looked and this little island of ice with the precariously balanced boulder proved to be a useful crossing point.
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Meadows Over Exit Glacier
The higher you go on the Harding Icefield Trail, the better the views seem to get. It's a long way down to the crevassed Exit Glacier. Kenai Fjords National Park.
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From 2016-07-24
Calving
Little pieces break away
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From 2018-07-04
Refilling the Channel
Water flows from the surface of the Black Rapids Glacier into a channel along a medial moraine. A few meters upstream a large moulin was draining the bulk of the water that had originally carved this passage that was a little bit over my head.
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From 2013-06-30
Loket
Flying over the Loket tributary to the Black Rapids Glacier in the Alaska Range in the Turbine Otter. This was the location of our campsite for a week in April 2013. It was quite a bit colder and windier than the previous year - like 60mph winds at -20 degrees F cold.
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From 2013-04-21
Don't slip
I couldn't get the angle I wanted of this waterfall into a deep and wide channel on the Canwell Glacier. I had to stand on the edge and hold the camera over it as far as I could. Should have brought some ice screws and a rope with me. Next time.
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Mountains, glaciers, and moraines
Evening light hitting peaks in the Alaska Range.
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From 2014-06-19
The Road Home
A small moraine on the Black Rapids Glacier in the Alaska Range.
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Glacier Basin
Mountains covered in ice and a dusting of fresh snow in the Trinity Basin, high up in the Alaska Range.
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From 2012-08-29
Black Rapids
Water running on the surface of the Black Rapids Glacier glistens in the evening light shortly before sunset.
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From 2013-06-30
Rocky Stream
Supraglacial stream on the Castner Glacier. It was nearly 80 degrees even out on the ice. I filled up my water bottles here (3 liters worth) before heading out the rocky moraine. I ran out of water within just a couple hours.
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Northwestern Glacier
Northwestern Glacier, a tidewater glacier near Seward, Alaska. Kenai Fjords National Park.
July - The Columbia Glacier
And many, many icebergs. Prince William Sound - Alaska.
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From 2014-07-14
Exit Glacier Landscape
Along the Harding Icefield Trail in Kenai Fjords National Park
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From 2016-07-24
July - The Columbia Glacier
Prince William Sound near Valdez
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From 2014-07-14
Canyon
On the Canwell Glacier where the edge of the southern moraine meets exposed ice. Channels typically form next to moraines like this and since this is very near the toe of the glacier it's had a long time to form this deep channel.
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Through the channel
Remnants of an ice cave on the Castner Glacier. Now it's just a giant arch.
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From 2015-02-04
Fresh Snow - Blue Sky
I was out on the Loket Tributary to the Black Rapids Glacier in the Alaska Range on September 3, 2014. About 6 inches to a foot of fresh snow helped make for some stunning contrast against the rock and sky. Unfortunately, It won't be safe to return until the snow is solid enough to support body weight over crevasses and moulins. This was the nicest day I've had out there this year!
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From 2014-09-03
McGinnis Peak - Fresh Snow
In the short summer, water scours the glacier surface creating a ripple-like surface on the ice going down-glacier. At the end of the season, when the first major snow falls the rough surface becomes once again smooth. This was taken at the end of the day when I could really see the shadows from those ripples. It kind of looks like little waves on the glacier.
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From 2014-09-03
Cold Morning
Supraglacial stream on the Canwell Glacier. We had a beautiful hike in, then it started raining. When we woke up there was a dusting of snow on the tent and the air was crisp.
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From 2016-05-23
July on The Castner
The Castner Glacier in the Eastern Alaska Range. Looking up the northern branch of the Glacier approximately 6 miles up from the tow.
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Columbia Bay
Columbia Glacier in the Chugach
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From 2018-07-04
Rocks, Ice, and Cascades
On the Worthington Glacier
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From 2018-07-02
Balancing Boulders
Black Rapids Glacier - Alaska Range
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From 2013-06-29
Iceberg in the Sound
Iceberg in Prince William Sound near Columbia Bay.
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From 2018-07-04
Gulls on an Iceberg
Columbia Bay near the Columbia Glacier
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From 2018-07-04
Iceberg
Gulls on an iceberg near Columbia Bay, Prince William Sound
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From 2018-07-04
Mountains and Glaciers in the Alaska Range
In the last year I've spent a little over a month on the Black Rapids Glacier in the Alaska Range. This was by far the best weather day I had - it's too bad we were just flying and not camping, because it was perfect! A foot of fresh snow and blue skies. Waiting for ski season.
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From 2014-09-03
Castner Ice
Dead ice along an old moraine from the Castner Glacier in the Delta Range - Eastern Alaska Range
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From 2019-01-01
Glacier Ice
Air bubbles and sediment in ice from the Castner Glacier
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From 2019-01-01
