Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Charpentier Glacier. The tidal cliff of the glacier is concealed on the right.
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Date Taken
1899
Summary
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Charpentier Glacier. The tidal cliff of the glacier is concealed on the right. The low dark ridge lying next to the glacier is a mass of ice covered by moraine material. Twenty years earlier it was part of the glacier, but is now separating and slowly wasting. Harriman Expedition, June 11, 1899.
Summary
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Charpentier Glacier. The tidal cliff of the glacier is concealed on the right. The low dark ridge lying next to the glacier is a mass of ice covered by moraine material. Twenty years earlier it was part of the glacier, but is now separating and slowly wasting. Harriman Expedition, June 11, 1899.
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