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February 26, 2015
Mahsa Icefield Retreat and Separation, Baranof Island, Alaska
The Mahsa Icefield is at the headwaters of Takatz Creek. This is a small glacier, not an actual icefield. Five kilometers to the west is another small unnamed glacier at the headwaters of Sawmill Creek. Here we focus on changes in the two glacier using Landsat images from 1986 to 2014. Google Earth image In 1986 the Mahsa Icefield is a contiguous glacier that extended 5 km from east to …
February 22, 2015
Carbon Lake Glacier Retreat, Alaska
On Baranof Island in southeast Alaska there are a pair of unnamed glaciers at the headwaters of the Carbon Lake watershed, that then drains into Chatham Strait. Here we examine changes in these glacier from 1986 to 2014 using Landsat imagery. The blue arrow indicates the northern glacier terminus and the yellow arrow the southern glacier terminus region. In 1986 the southern glacier terminus, yellow arrow consisted of three main …
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.