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BLACKSTONE BAY
HENEY GLACIER
VALDEZ GLACIER
HUGH MILLER GLACIER
BLACKSTONE BAY
Warmer winters - 10 degrees F warmer now than in 1937 - mean more moisture in the air and more snow. But the glaciers are melting faster than the snow is falling.
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1937 The feet of all five glaciers touch Blackstone Bay. Crevasses form as the glaciers move over uneven ground. |
2007 All the glaciers that once lapped at Blackstone Bay have retreated, narrowed where they met the bay, or both. Marquette and Lawrence Glaciers have thinned significantly. |
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