Waterman Expedition - High above the Headwaters of the Sheenjek River

Arctic Refuge - The ice has greatly receded

Photo credit: Schaller 1956/McCarthy 2006


High above the headwaters of the Sheenjek River, during a ten day solo trek, George Schaller photographed this glacier 50 years ago. Forrest McCarthy’s matched image shows how the ice has greatly receded—like most warming glaciers in the Brooks Range.
 
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