| Summary: | Glaciers Shrinking: Alaska Pilot Tells Of Recession. GLACIERS SHRINKING Alaska Pilot Tells of Recession FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 5 — (AP)— Glaciers on a 250-mile long mountain range between Fair banks' and the Gulf of Alaska have undergone a tremendous shrinkage in the past three years, Airplane Pilot Harold Gillam, who has been flying over the area for years, said today. Many smaller glaciers have disappeared, while larger ones have shrunk from both ends. In contrast is the Black Rapids glacier which continues to move toward the Richardson highway, 125 miles south of here. "The entire regio looks entirely different from what it did three years ago," Gillam said, adding he could not explain the cause of the glacier recession. "In some valleys where there were glaciers three years ago, only barrel moraines are left. The Valdez glacier, one of the most extensive along the coastal slope, has been receding rapidly from both ends during that period and is much lower along the crest.
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