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6/21/02 PM Juneau
We are in Juneau, a nice, very small, city nestled between the water and
the mountains.
As part of our extended learning course, we accompanied Dr Rick Lozinsky,
the geologist (he has been to all continents studying glaciers) to
Mendenhall Glacier. As we walked around the area near the glacier he
explained what we were seeing. The glacier receives 100 feet of snow per
year. This glacier, as most have, is retreating. In 1999 the retreating
sped up to 300 ft/yr. Retreating occurs when the amount of snowfall is
less than the amount of ice that drops off at the terminus. Mendenhall
Glacier is twelve miles long. It takes ice about eighty years to travel
down the glacier. Please view the pictures by using the
button links at the top of the page.
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