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Glaciers of Glacier National Park Repeat Photography Collection

Dates

Publication Date
Time Period
1887
Time Period
2019

Citation

McKeon, L.A., Fagre, D.B., and Peitzsch, E.H., 2021, Glaciers of Glacier National Park Repeat Photography Collection: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CQDA7S.

Summary

The “Glaciers of Glacier National Park Repeat Photography Collection” is a compilation of photographs documenting the retreat of glaciers in Glacier National Park, Montana, U.S.A. (GNP) through repeat photography. The collection is comprised of 57 image pairs, resulting from twenty-two years of U.S.Geological Survey (USGS) field excursions (1997-2019) for the purpose of photographically documenting glacier change. Historic images of glaciers were located at the USGS Photographic Library, GNP Archives, and the University of Montana Special Collections. Employees and volunteers of the USGS Repeat Photography Project relocated the site of each historic photograph and re-photographed the image to create a historic-contemporary pairing [...]

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Contacts

Point of Contact :
Lisa A Mckeon
Originator :
Lisa A Mckeon, Daniel B Fagre, Erich H Peitzsch
Metadata Contact :
Lisa A Mckeon
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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Glaciers_of_Glacier_National_Park_Repeat_Photography_Collection.xml
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Purpose

The photographs were obtained to document the retreat of glaciers in Glacier National Park in response to climate change and to complement other studies of climate change impacts on park resources.

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