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Title: Muir Glacier in Glacier Bay National Monument 1941

Description: This August 1941 photograph is of Muir Glacier in Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska. It shows the lower reaches of Muir Glacier, then a large, tidewater calving valley glacier and its tributary, Riggs Glacier. For nearly two centuries before 1941, Muir Glacier had been retreating. In places, a thickness of more than two-thirds of a mile of ice had been lost.

Location: AK, USA

Date Taken: Aug 1 1941

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Usage: This image is public domain/of free use unless otherwise stated. Please refer to the USGS Copyright section for how to credit the photo.

Source:
Photo courtesy of the National Snow and Ice Data Center and Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Archive

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Type: JPEG image - 3.44 MB

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