The Bering Glacier is the largest and longest glacier in North America. It covers 6 per cent of the glaciated area of Alaska. Giant crevasses cross the glacier surface where the ice stream bends. Some of the crevasses are filled with clear blue melt water during summer time. Scientists have been observing the ice mass for many years. They have registered an enormous retreat, especially between the period of 2006 and 2007. During this period of time, the glacier tongue lost 520 m of its length in 12 months.
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MELT WATER, BERING GLACIER, ALASKA |
LOCATION |
Bering Glacier, Alaska |
DATE |
August 1995 |
HEIGHT |
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TECHNIC |
Haselblad body, Zeiss lens |
FORMAT |
medium format, 6 x 6 |
REMARK |
aerial image |
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