Northwest History. Alaska, Glaciers. United States.

Huge Glacier Fall Brings Large Wave. HUGE GLACIER FALL BRINGS LARGE WAVE SEWARD, Alaska, April 11 (AP) On a mile-wide front a great section of McCarthy glacier broke off and created a wave which swept three miles and across a reef into Nuka bay, 60 miles from here, nearly drowning a boatman, it was...

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Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1937
Subjects:
huge glacier
Seward
Alaska
McCarthy glacier
boatman
miner
Bob Evans
larve wave
Northwest
Pacific > History > 20th century
McCarthy
McCarthy Glacier
Pacific
glacier
glaciers
Online Access:http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/92230
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Summary:Huge Glacier Fall Brings Large Wave. HUGE GLACIER FALL BRINGS LARGE WAVE SEWARD, Alaska, April 11 (AP) On a mile-wide front a great section of McCarthy glacier broke off and created a wave which swept three miles and across a reef into Nuka bay, 60 miles from here, nearly drowning a boatman, it was reported here today. Bob Evans, a miner, who was rowing in the bay, said a crashing roar accompanied the falling ice April 3.

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