The Worthington Glacier, near Valdez, AK.
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The glacier is located just north of Valdez Alaska and near Thompson Pass and is just off the road from the Richardson Highway. Nearby Thompson Pass is the snowiest place in Alaska. There is a visitor center and a large parking lot with a path that leads to the glacier. The average amount of snowfall in the mountains that feed this glacier is over 250 inches per year. According to several sources, this glacier has been retreating for the last 150 years and more rapidly during the past 20 years. There were several informational panels outside the visitor center and several of them were photographed and included below the photos found on this page. |
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| Approaching the glaciated area just north of Valdez, AK | Entrance to the Worthington Glacier State Park, north of Valdez |
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| the Worthington Glacier has two arms, one on
the left and one on the right (photographed late evening, July 1, 2008) |
The Worthington Glacier (July 3, 2008).
This is the same arm as shown on the far left side of the photo to the left |
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| Approaching the left arm of the Worthington
Glacier. This and all of the following images were taken on July 3, 2008) |
Look carefully, you can see, for scale, people below and on the glacier. Click HERE for a much larger version of this image. |
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| At the terminus of the Worthington Glacier,
look at the people to get the scale of this glacier |
 amount of rock debris transported by this glacier. |
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| Standing at the "snout" or terminus of the Worthington Glacier | Looking downstream from the Worthington Glacier. The lake in the distance formed in the 1950's with the retreat of this glacier. |
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 This information panel shows the retreating of this glacier. |
| Click HERE for a much larger version of this image. | Click HERE for a much larger version of this information panel |
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| Click HERE for a much larger version of this information panel | Click HERE for a much larger version of this information panel |
| Links for more information about the
Worthington Glacier near Valdez, AK Alaska Geographic Natural Born Hikers Photo Galle Glacial Melt Raising the Sea 3-D Worthington Glacier |