Every once in a while you get one of these amazing blue sky days in Southeast Alaska. That's when a routine commute turns into amazing flight seeing, and it pays off to consistently book window seats! These pictures are from a flight from Juneau to Anchorage and then back to Fairbanks.
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| Glacier Bay. The Tlingit name is Sit' Eeti Gheeyi (Bay in the place of glaciers). |
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| Yakutat Glacier. We had a project there a few years ago when all that lake was still covered with ice. |
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| West branch of Yakutat Glacier that has now separated from its tributary. Our models indicate that this glacier will entirely disappear during this century, even without any further warming. |
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| Looking up Russell Fjord to Hubbard Glacier. The huge Mt. Logan is in the background left. |
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| Close-up of the advancing Sit' Tlein (Hubbard) and Sit' Kusa (Turner). The Sit' Kusa enters from the left and is known for its regular and vigorous glacier surges. |
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| The Sit' Tlein (Malaspina) with Malaspina Lake. It looks like the lake has been getting bigger since last year. |
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| Looking across the Sit' Tlein into the tributary Seward Glacier (on the right) and Agassiz Glacier (on the left). |
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| Lig̲aasi Áa (Icy Bay) with Yas'eit'aa Shaa (Mt. St. Elias). The Tyndall Glacier descends from the mountain at over 5,400 m down to Taan Fjord. |
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| Lig̲aasi Áa (Icy Bay) |
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| A look over the Bagley Icevalley, which is over 1400 m deep. In the background are the Wrangell mountains. |
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| Denali (the Great One) is peaking out of the clouds. To its left is Sultana (The Wife, Mt. Foraker). I think Begguya (The Child, Mt. Hunter) is just peaking out between the two. |
