Grinnell Glacier. Glacier National Park, Montana. Repeat photography 1923 - 2008.
Glaciers of Glacier National Park Repeat Photography
Dates
Date Taken
1923-09-03
Date Taken
2008-09-29
Summary
Summary of left photo: Glacier National Park, Montana, looking across Grinnell Glacier. Description with photo reads: 'Looking across Grinnell Glacier, south at the time of setting the stakes Sept. 3, 1923, showing the notch at the foot of Mt. Gould which was the objective point. The four figures of man on the ice surface give an idea of relative size. The streams of running water are toward the bottom of the picture, across the closed crevasses which show crescentic form over the brow of the ice hill.' Photo taken by E.V. Huntington. Courtesy of University of Montana, Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections. Summary of right photo: Grinnell Glacier from north moraine. Glacier National Park, Montana. Photo taken September [...]
Summary
Summary of left photo: Glacier National Park, Montana, looking across Grinnell Glacier. Description with photo reads: 'Looking across Grinnell Glacier, south at the time of setting the stakes Sept. 3, 1923, showing the notch at the foot of Mt. Gould which was the objective point. The four figures of man on the ice surface give an idea of relative size. The streams of running water are toward the bottom of the picture, across the closed crevasses which show crescentic form over the brow of the ice hill.' Photo taken by E.V. Huntington. Courtesy of University of Montana, Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections.
Summary of right photo: Grinnell Glacier from north moraine. Glacier National Park, Montana. Photo taken September 29, 2008 by Lisa A. McKeon, USGS.
Photo Point latitude: 48.760506
Photo Point longitude: -113.734329 FYI: lat/longs may be pasted to the search bar in Google Earth to find the location.
Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, Glacier National Park digital collection, 2018 DENPH0011.
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