Columbia
Home of the College Glaciers

by Lin Stone

 

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This is up on the Tubiak Range and it is north of Prince William Sound, and west of Valdez.

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These are some of the separate glaciers in this area. 
This is Stamford and the other is Harvard. 
 

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this is where the glacier calves off into College fjord. 
You can see the medial morane much clearer here. 

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This is the Tubiak (Chugach) where all these glaciers form.

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this on the other side of the Chugach and over the water.

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On the left hand side this is the Columbia ice field. The mountains are the Chugach.

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This is where the College Fjord empties into Prince William Sound.
Way in the background is the Alaska Gulf. 
Behind the plane is the Whittier Canal where the kittywinks are. 

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Between the mountains is the Whittier Canal in the back ground the water is Prince William Sound. 
This is what you would have seen looking out the right hand window of the airplane.

 

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