Sunday, March 31, 2024

Root Glacier radar survey

The National Park Service funded us to do a radar survey on the Kennicott and Root Glaciers by McCarthy. Most of that survey happened later, using a helicopter radar. But we also wanted to do some ground based surveys to compare the airborne data to. 

So Brandon Tober, Mike Loso and I headed up the Root Glacier to drag the radar across the glacier. I hadn't been in McCarthy in winter in many years and it was just absolutely gorgeous to experience the place at a time when it is not so hectic.


View back on the Kennicott Glacier, on the way to the Root Glacier


Towing radar antennas with Doug the Dog

And here are some results that Brandon picked from the radargrams, showing that the glacier is over 400 m thick in this area.