Northwest History. Alaska, Geology. United States.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1937
• Subjects: Alaska glaciers; geologists; Canada; Washington; D. C.; Alaska Geological Survey; S. R. Capps; Black Rapids; vegetation; International Boundary Commission; Thomas Riggs; Juneau; Glacier Bay; Alaska-Canadian boundary; R. H. Sargent; seaport; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Alaska; Pacific; glacier; glacier*; glaciers
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/92194

Alaska Glaciers Make Ports For Canadians: Geologists State That Alaskan Glaciers Are Receding, But We Won't See Their Finish. One Building A Port For Canada. Alaska Glaciers Make Ports For Canadians Geologists State That Alaskan Glaciers Are Receding, But We Won't See Their Finish. One Building a Port for Canada. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Alaska's great glaciers are shrinking slowly, said government geologists, but probably it will be thousands of years before they disappear. R. H. Sargent, head of the Alaska Geological Survey, said in 40 years one large glacier ahs been reduced 1,000 feet in thickness and others are shrinking similarly. S. R. Capps, who was near the Black Rapids glacier last summer, said it is not likely the entire glacier has made a great forward movement although possible a section near the terminus has broken off and upset an accumulation of ice and vegetation near it. The normal speed of a glacier is an inch a month and the fastest recorded speed has been a foot a month. Thomas Riggs, member of the International Boundary Commission and a former governor of Alaska, said the glacier which comes to the ocean at Glacier Bay, oceanward from Juneau, is receding across the Alaska-Canadian boundary and may give Canada a new northern seaport. ada.ada.lk6ly the entire glacier has made a great forward movement although , possible a section near the terminus - has broken off and upset an accumula- tion of ice and vegetation near it. The normal speed of a glacier is an inch a month and the fastest recorded WASHINGTON, D. C.-A 1 a s k a's spe6d nas been a foot a month, great glaciers are shrinking slowly, Thom£)g said government geologists but prob- ^ Bounda'ry commission and a ably it will be thousands of years be-form6r Qr y « « fore they disappear. gIacfer which comeg to ^ J^™ R. H. Sargent, head of the Alaska Glacier Bay, oceanward from Juneau Geological Survey, said in 40 yearsls receding across the Alaska-Canadian one large glacier has been reduced boundary and may give Canada a new 1,000 feet in thickness and others arenorthern seaport, shrinking similarly.