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An excursion boat heads toward Dawes Glacier in Alaska, as passengers aboard the Celebrity Edge enjoy views from a distance. “That's about the same amount of area as the state of South Carolina ...
Tracy Arm is a fjord in the U.S. state of Alaska near Juneau (outlet at 57° 46' 40" N 133° 37' 0" W). It is named after the Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Franklin Tracy.It is located about 45 miles (72 km) south of Juneau and 70 miles (110 km) north of Petersburg, Alaska, off of Holkham Bay and adjacent to Stephens Passage within the Tongass National Forest.
Also on the Canadian side and entering the lower Stikine, like the Great Glacier, are the Mud and Flood Glaciers, which form the boundaries of the small Boundary Range, which is an eastern abutment of the range comprising the Stikine Icecap and marks the approximate boundary claimed by the United States prior to the Alaska Boundary Settlement ...
Map of Holkham Bay showing principal mines. The land surrounding Holkham Bay was inhabited by Tlingit people, along with much of the rest of Southeast Alaska. [5] European discovery and its modern name came in 1794 after Joseph Whidbey, exploring as part of the Vancouver Expedition, reported the bay upon his return to George Vancouver. [1]
Photojournalist Larry Pannell estimates around "two thirds" of the Sawyer Glacier has disappeared since he first visited in 2012.
The glacier has been an important consideration for scientists trying to make predictions about global sea level rise. Seafloor images shed new light on Thwaites Glacier retreat Skip to main content
Ice streams are a type of glacier [5] and many of them have "glacier" in their name, e.g. Pine Island Glacier. Ice shelves are listed separately in the List of Antarctic ice shelves. For the purposes of these lists, the Antarctic is defined as any latitude further south than 60° (the continental limit according to the Antarctic Treaty System). [6]
The Perito Moreno Glacier is 30 km (19 mi) long and is a major outflow glacier of the Patagonian ice sheet, as well as the most visited glacier in Patagonia. Perito Moreno Glacier is in equilibrium, but has undergone frequent oscillations in the period 1947–96, with a net gain of 4.1 km (2.5 mi).