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Coalescing valley glaciers

Location: Northern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada
Shilts Image - Coalescing valley glaciers

This image was taken from a commercial airliner at an altitude likely exceeding 6,000 meters a.s.l. Note the deformation of debris-rich lateral moraines in the upper right portion of image and well-developed trim lines and the avalanches on slopes along the margins of these shrinking glaciers.












Date taken: early 1990s
Photo ID: 0010
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