Glacier Research
This is a major requirement for research which is exclusive to Alaska.
What are boats?
This glacier in Alaska surged at a rate of 8 meters per day in 1937, earning it the nickname "The Galloping Glacier".
What is the Black Rapids Glacier?
This Indigenous group’s stories describe glaciers as powerful entities that demand respect and caution.
Who are the Tlingit?
The reasons why researching in coastal Alaska versus the Rockies made it possible to cover more geographical area and compare data from more termini.
What are the railway restrictions versus lots of flexibility from the ocean?
This paradoxical behavior was observed in glaciers fed by the same névé/snowfield in Alaska.
What is one glacier advancing while another retreats?
Early glacialists treated Indigenous knowledge in this way, despite relying on Native guides and expertise.
What is ignoring or dismissing it as superstition?
This was a weakness of doing science on the Elder.
What is docking according to the tastes of hunters, mountain scramblers, artists, and savants of every stripe, in addition to the mechanical needs of a large steamer?
This unique combination of environmental factors makes Alaska’s tidewater glaciers especially dynamic compared to mountain glaciers.
What are tides, regional volcanism, rapid erosion rates, and extreme elevation differences between sea level and mountain summits?
In Indigenous stories, this behavior was believed to provoke glaciers into surging unpredictably.
What are disrespectful actions such as taunting or spilling grease near a glacier?