Mendenhall Glacier
by Jurgen Lorenzen
Title
Mendenhall Glacier
Artist
Jurgen Lorenzen
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Mendenhall Glacier (also Sitaantaagu) is a glacier about 13.6 miles long located in Mendenhall Valley near downtown Juneau in the southeast area of Alaska. The glacier and surrounding landscape is protected as part of the 5,815 acres Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area, a federally designated unit of the Tongass National Forest.
The glacier has retreated 1.75 miles since 1929, when Mendenhall Lake was created, and over 2.5 miles since 1500. The end of the glacier currently has a negative glacier mass balance and will continue to retreat in the foreseeable future.
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October 31st, 2019
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Comments (22)
Joseph Schofield
Congratulations! I have chosen to feature this fine image on the homepage of Pacific Northwest Canadian Rockies and Alaska. Please archive it on the 2023 features and thank you thread.
Ken Lawrence
Years ago I Had a mission trip not far from that glacier . The closer you got the more magnificent it was. Great photo Jurgen!
Tatiana Travelways
Congratulations - Your beautiful artwork has been featured in the "Travel Art" group! For further promotion, you can post it to the specific Travel Destinations galleries, our Facebook group and our Pinterest board - all the links are provided on our group's homepage: https://fineartamerica.com/groups/1-travel-art.html * You are also invited to post it to our group's blog: travelartpix.com for worldwide exposure!
Morris Finkelstein
Fabulous panoramic photograph of the Mendenhall Glacier with great perspective, colors, and composition, Jurgen! F/L
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