Grinnell Glacier. Glacier National Park, Montana. 1926.
Dates
Date Taken
1926-08
Summary
Summary: Glacier National Park, Montana, large boulder on Grinnell Glacier. Description with photo reads: 'Great boulders fall from the cliffs above Grinnell Glacier at present, as they have fallen for thousands of years past. Here is a mass of limestone that thus fell a long time ago, gradually worked through the glacier from top to bottom, where it ground the mountain floor as the glacier carried it along. It turned like a top, polishing its massive base as smooth as a billiard table. A few years ago this boulder was at the edge of the ice, and around its base a rushing glacial torrent noisily sought the lower level. The ice is leaving it far out in the rubble, retreating as much as 60 feet in a year. In the background is the Garden [...]
Summary
Summary: Glacier National Park, Montana, large boulder on Grinnell Glacier.
Description with photo reads: 'Great boulders fall from the cliffs above Grinnell Glacier at present, as they have fallen for thousands of years past. Here is a mass of limestone that thus fell a long time ago, gradually worked through the glacier from top to bottom, where it ground the mountain floor as the glacier carried it along. It turned like a top, polishing its massive base as smooth as a billiard table. A few years ago this boulder was at the edge of the ice, and around its base a rushing glacial torrent noisily sought the lower level. The ice is leaving it far out in the rubble, retreating as much as 60 feet in a year. In the background is the Garden Wall, from whose cliffs, somewhere, the boulder fell. Near this stone is the only place for a long distance where tourists may get on the glacier surface. August, 1926, M. J. Elrod.' Courtesy of University of Montana, Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections.
Glacier latitude: 48.750229
Glacier longitude: -113.725834 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.
Rights
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