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October 16, 2020
Whiting River Headwater Glacier, British Columbia Separates into Four
Whiting River headwaters glaciers in 1984 and 2020 Landsat images. The red arrows indicate 1984 terminus positions, yellow arrow the 2020 terminus locations, pink arrows locations of glacier detachment and purple dots the snowline. In Northwest British Columbia on the northeast side of the Stikine Icefield the Whiting Rver drains a series of glaciers, many unnamed. Here we are focusing on a pair of glaciers just west of Whiting Lake …