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Operation IceBridge Alaska's De Havilland Otter climbs up Miles Glacier during a survey flight in August 2018. Image from UAF/Chris Larsen
Operation IceBridge Alaska's De Havilland Otter climbs up Miles Glacier during a survey flight in August 2018. Image from UAF/Chris Larsen

A Decade of Exploring Alaska’s Mountain Glaciers

In Alaska, 5 percent of the land is covered by glaciers that are losing a lot of ice and contributing to sea level rise. To monitor these changes, a small team of NASA-funded researchers has been flying scientific instruments... 


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Sue Mitchell, University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, 907-474-5823, sue.mitchell@alaska.edu