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Bear Glacier, Gulf of Alaska

Although they move slowly, glaciers do move, and this movement alters the ice as it passes over land. Likewise, a moving glacier can carry with it evidence of geologic events it has witnessed. The Bear Glacier in the Kenai Peninsula along the Gulf of Alaska bears multiple clues about its past.


IKONOS satellite image courtesy GeoEye. Image interpretation courtesy Ted Scambos, National Snow and Ice Data Center; and Tad Pfeffer, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research.
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Published November 8, 2006
Data acquired August 8, 2005

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