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December 26, 2011
Lewis Glacier Disappears, North Cascades, Washington
In 1985 during my second visit to the Lewis Glacier, North Cascades, Washington was the first time I confronted the idea of a glacier disappearing. We were able to peer down several crevasses and see the bottom of the Lewis Glacier, measurements indicated a maximum depth of 12 meters over an area the size of a football field. This glacier had been selected for the North Cascade Glacier Climate Projects’s …
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.