Denali_D34A1879
Sometimes a bad weather forecast is just what the doctor ordered. Today was forecast to have rain showers and cloudy skies. When we got to Eielson Visitor Center we found the forecast to be inaccurate!
The most interesting part of this photo is the Muldrow Glacier, the line of ice below the base of Denali. This glacier, like many in the Alaska Range, is a surge glacier in that it doesn't move for many years and then suddenly lets loose. It hadn't moved since the 50's and started to move this May. I understand it has been moving up to 100 feet per day. The ice is piling up due to the last several miles of the Muldrow that haven't moved in the last 5000 years and is acting as a dam at the end of the active glacier causing the ice to pile up much like a reservoir filling up behind a dam.
If you look at any of my past photos you'll note you can't see any ice on the Muldrow from this vantage point..
We had other sightings which I'll post after bit of sleep.
Denali_D34A1879
Sometimes a bad weather forecast is just what the doctor ordered. Today was forecast to have rain showers and cloudy skies. When we got to Eielson Visitor Center we found the forecast to be inaccurate!
The most interesting part of this photo is the Muldrow Glacier, the line of ice below the base of Denali. This glacier, like many in the Alaska Range, is a surge glacier in that it doesn't move for many years and then suddenly lets loose. It hadn't moved since the 50's and started to move this May. I understand it has been moving up to 100 feet per day. The ice is piling up due to the last several miles of the Muldrow that haven't moved in the last 5000 years and is acting as a dam at the end of the active glacier causing the ice to pile up much like a reservoir filling up behind a dam.
If you look at any of my past photos you'll note you can't see any ice on the Muldrow from this vantage point..
We had other sightings which I'll post after bit of sleep.