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August 29, 2018

Major Late July Meltdown on Lowell Glacier, Yukon

Lowell Glacier in Landsat images from 7/4, 7/26 and 8/11 with Sentinel images from 7/22 .  The snowline is shown with purple dots. Point A-F are fixed reference locations.  The snowline migrated upglacier 20 km and 300 m in elevation.  A significant snow swamp is between the yellow and purple dots on 7/26, that was not present on 7/22.  The Lowell Glacier drains east from the St.Elias Range on the …

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