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June 21, 2023
Rodman Glacier, Alaska Retreat Expands Lake Ustay
Rodman Glacier in Landsat images from 1987 to 2021 indicating 1987 terminus=red arrow, A=Akwe Lake, U=Ustay Lake, B=glacier base exposed, C=expanding nunatak Rodman Glacier flows south from the Brabazon Range ending in Ustay Lake at the margin of the Yakutat Foreland. In the 1906 International Boundary Commission survey of the region Ustay Lake does not yet exist, Akwe Lake has just started to form with the terminus ending in it …
December 4, 2019
Wright Glacier, Alaska Snowline and Terminus Retreat
Wright Glacier in 1984 and 2019 Landsat images. The red arrow indicates 1984 terminus location, yellow arrow 2019 terminus location, pink arrow where the surface slope steepens and red dots indicate the snowline. Wright Glacier is the largest glacier draining an icefield just south of the Taku River and the larger Juneau Icefield. The glacier accumulation zone is mainly in British Columbia. The glacier filled a lake basin in 1948 …
September 17, 2019
Gilkey Glacier Retreat Leads to Rapid Lake Expansion in 2019
Gilkey Glacier in 1984 and 2019 Landsat images indicating retreat of 4300m, tributary separation and 5 km2 lake expansion. A=Terminus tongue, B=Battle Glacier, G=Gilkey Glacier and T=Thiel Glacier. Gilkey Glacier draining the west side of the Juneau Icefield has experienced dramatic changes since I first worked on the glacier in 1981. The Gilkey Glacier is fed by the famous Vaughan Lewis Icefall at the top of which Juneau Icefield …
April 29, 2019
Excelsior Glacier, Alaska Retreat Leads to Lake Doubling in Size
Excelsior Glacier retreat from 1994 to 2018 in Landsat images from 1994, 2011 and 2018. The red arrow is the 1994 terminus location and the yellow arrow is the 2018 terminus location. Point A and B are on the south and northwest side of the eastern tributary of the glacier. Excelsior Glacier is an outlet glacier of the Sargent Icefield, on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska, that has terminated in …
Dean of Academic Affairs at Nichols College and Professor of Environmental Science at Nichols College in Massachusetts since 1989. Glaciologist directing the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project since 1984. This project monitors the mass balance and behavior of more glaciers than any other in North America.