Lower cirque of McCall Glacier (01 June 08 14:23)
Taken 17:24, 16/03/2009
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Lower cirque of McCall Glacier (01 June 08 14:23)Taken 17:24, 16/03/2009 Panoramic photo by Matt Nolan |
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The drilling is completed and we've lowered down our thermistor string, all the way to the bottom -- 200 meters! Now its time to break everything down ...
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Jason and David install a 6m pole in the lower cirque, which we will use to track snow melt over the next few years.
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A slush flow occurred the previous day at this location, marking the beginning of summer on the glacier. Our snowmachine tracks, crossing here before t...
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The upper cirque of McCall Glacier used to spill through this notch in the rock and connect with cirque below, not more than 30 years ago.
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At the end of our journey to the glacier, after 10 days of hiking, we regroup before hiking up the moraine next to us.
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When the glacier retreats, it leaves behind large rocks on the margins. Here you can see the more lightly colored rocks are more recently deposited tha...
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