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May 9, 2011
Freshfield Glacier Retreat New Lake Forms
The Freshfield Glacier in the Canadian Rockies retreat over the last five years has exposed a new glacier lake. . Today the glacier is 10.1 km long beginning at 3070 meters and ending at 1970 m near the shore of the less than 5 year old lake. This glacier during the Little Ice Age stretched 14.3 km, one of the longest in the entire range. By 1964 the glacier had …
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.