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March 2, 2021
Nellie Juan Glacier Loses Contact with Contact Glacier, Alaska
Nellie Juan Glacier (NJ) and Contact Glacier (C) in 1986 and 2020 Landsat images. Red arrow is the 1986 terminus location of both glaciers. Yellow arrow marks the terminus location in 2020 after glacier separation and purple dots mark the upper limit of Contact glacier at that time. Nellie Juan Glacier is a tidewater outlet glacier of the Sargent Icefield, Alaska. Just after 1935 the glacier retreated from moraine shoal …
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.