Created 2-Nov-23
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I was out a Kennicott Glacier to do fieldwork with National Park Service this fall. It is great to do some work on a larger more complicated glacier. Given the current rates of glacier change there won't be much left on some of our smaller glaciers in the next 20-30 years, but the bigger glaciers will still be big glaciers even with a lot of change. So the opportunity to track what the bigger glaciers are doing is incredibly valuable.

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Ogives (annual bands caused by flow) below the Gates IcefallLooking across the Gates IcefallLooking down the Gates Glacier to the confluence with the main stem of the Kennicott GlacierLooking down the Gates Icefall you can see the ogivesMike taking a picture of a mass balance stakeLower Kennicott Glacier has a lot of debris coverThe >10,000' east face of Mt. BlackburnLooking down the main stem of the Kennicott GlacierLooking back toward Mt. Blackburn (16,390')It is kind of surreal to fly around this terrainThe Sairway icefall on the Root Glacier (a former tributary of the Kennicott Glacier)Supraglacial melt channels on the Root GlacierMt Blackburn (16,390') and the lower Kennicott GlacierLooking up the Gates Glacier from the weather stationKen Hill (NPS) working on the Gates Glacier Weather StationHeaded back home over the Matanuska RiverEvening light near mt. Amulet