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Climbers leave their base camp to trek on the ice field of Mendenhall Glacier. The glacier is one of many that connect to the vast Juneau Ice Field, a 1,500 square mile remnant of the last ice age, cradled high in the coastal mountain’s lofty peaks in the Tongass National Forest.
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- MELISSA FARLOW
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- 3714x2406 / 2.2MB
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alaska, climbers, climbing, climbing (sport), coast mountains (alaska), color image, crampons, day, day views, disasters, environmental damage, glaciers, global warming, housing, ice, ice fields, image type, juneau, juneau icefield, medium group of people, mendenhall glacier, national forests (alaska), north america, number of people, outdoor views, outdoors, photography, shelters and tents, sports, tents, tongass national forest, united states
- Contained in galleries
- Tongass National Geographic Magazine MM7258
