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September 20, 2016
South Sawyer Glacier Retreat and Separation, Alaska
Comparison of South Sawyer Terminus position and unnamed glacier just to the south. Red arrows are the 1985 terminus and yellow arrows the 2016 position of each terminus. South Sawyer Glacier is a 50 km long tidewater glacier terminating at the head of Tracy Arm fjord in Southeast Alaska. The winding fjord surrounded by steep mountains is fed by Sawyer and South Sawyer Glacier is home to stellar sea lions, humpback …