Longtime Juneau resident James Wycoff wanted to know how much ground Juneau's iconic glacier had lost in the past year. KTOO's whereschenchen set out to answer his question
The Mendenhall Glacier seen from the near the visitor’s center on Oct. 6, 2022.
For Wycoff, the Mendenhall Glacier is “just such a good example of Juneau — it’s constantly changing.” Glaciologist, outdoor guide and Juneau resident Mike Hekkers also noticed that more rock was being exposed at the face of the glacier this year.So how much has it really retreated? Hekkers speculated that the seemingly drastic loss of ice in the past twelve months is likely due to the water depth in that part of the lake.
“We’ll probably still have small icebergs, but the really big icebergs are going to be a thing of the past within a year or two,” Hekkers said.has always felt special to him. “That’s something you expect to see around Antarctica,” he said.While the terminus retreating is the most obvious change, the glacier is also thinning, and the margins of the glacier are also retreating. Scientists like McNeil use three dimensional models of the glacier’s surface to measure thickening and thinning.
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