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    When did scientists document the fastest ever retreat of a glacier, and which glacier set the record?

    Question #109540. Asked by queproblema. (Oct 07 09 7:19 PM)


    Zbeckabee

    		The explorer Captain George Vancouver found Icy Strait, at the south end of Glacier Bay, choked with ice in 1794. Glacier Bay itself was almost entirely iced over. In 1879 naturalist John Muir found that the ice had retreated almost all the way up the bay. By 1916 the Grand Pacific Glacier was at the head of Tarr Inlet about 100 km 65 miles from Glacier Bay's mouth. This is the fastest documented glacier retreat ever. Scientists are hoping to learn how glacial activity relates to climate changes and global warming from these retreating giants.

    http://www.exploringalaska.net/icystrait.php

    Oct 07 09, 8:16 PM
    queproblema

    		Very good!

    This was before Al Gore was born, and before we were all in a dither about making carbon footprints. The footprint was tiny back then, like that cute little baby.

    Oct 08 09, 1:22 AM

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