Alaska Airlines flight seeing

 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.

Glacier Bay. The Tlingit name is Sit' Eeti Gheeyi (Bay in the place of glaciers).

Yakutat Glacier. We had a project there a few years ago when all that lake was still covered with ice.

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.

Looking up Russell Fjord to Hubbard Glacier. The huge Mt. Logan is in the background left.

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.

The Sit' Tlein (Malaspina) with Malaspina Lake. It looks like the lake has been getting bigger since last year.

Looking across the Sit' Tlein into the tributary Seward Glacier (on the right) and Agassiz Glacier (on the left).

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.

Lig̲aasi Áa (Icy Bay)

A look over the Bagley Icevalley, which is over 1400 m deep. In the background are the Wrangell mountains.

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.