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All of the photos are from 1990-1994; the glaciers have retreated significantly since then.

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Image 1. Peaks near Chilkat Pass, north of Haines, at the British Columbia border


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Image 2. Mountains, Southeast Alaska


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Image 3. Mountains, Southeast Alaska


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Image 4. Portage Glacier


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Image 5. A muskeg, Southeast Alaska


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Image 6. Mountains, Southeast Alaska


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Image 7. A lily pond near Juneau


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Image 8. Aerial of a tidal flat


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Image 9. Mountains, Southeast Alaska


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Image 10. The Herbert Glacier as seen from the air


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mage 11. The Herbert Glacier from the ground


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Image 12. A muskeg on Mitkof Island


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Image 13. The Mendenhall Glacier; even in the 1990's the ice was retreating.


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Image 14. The underside of the ice, Mendenhall Glacier; a pool of water is below.


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Image 15. The Inside Passage


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Image 16. Portage Glacier


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Image 17. Portage Glacier


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Image 18. Portage Glacier


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Image 19. This former forest near Portage Alaska is on land that sank several meters
during the huge earthquake of 1964. Seawater flooded the area and killed the trees.



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Image 20. Aerial of mountains, Southeast Alaska


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Image 21. Granite outcrops with yellow lichens, north of Haines.



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Image 22 Mountainside above Haines


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Image 23. Aerial of a tidal flat


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Image 24. Aerial of a tidal flat


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Image 25. Granite outcrops with yellow lichens, north of Haines.


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Image 26. Chilkat Pass, north of Haines

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