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June 2, 2014
Sacagawea Glacier, Wyoming is Disappearing
Sacagawea Glacier in the Wind River Range of Wyoming lost 35% of its area between 1966 and 2006. This glacier on the west slope of Sacagawea Peak and Helen Peak and just north of Upper Fremont Glacier. Here we compare Google Earth imagery of the glacier that indicates the change during this forty year period. In 1966 the glacier had an area of square kilometers. The first image is the …
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.