Then and Now: What Happened to the Alaskan Glaciers from 100 Years Ago?
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Repeat photography is a technique in which a historical photo and a modern photo, both taken with the same field of view, are put side by side to determine their similarities and differences.
The following collection depict how this technique was used to document and better understand the effect of the changing climate to glaciers and landscapes for the last century-and-a-quarter.
Muir Inlet, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska
1892
H. F. Reid photograph, muir1892_417, courtesy of National Snow and Ice Data Center
2005
USGS Photograph by Bruce F. Molnia
1880s – 1890s
G. D. Hazard, 7807, courtesy of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Archive
2005
USGS Photograph by Bruce F. Molnia
Late-19th century
(L.V. Winter and P. E. Pond, postcard # C141 in the personal collection of the author
105 - 110 years later...
USGS Photograph by Bruce F. Molnia
1895
Alaska State Library Photograph by Winter and Pond
2004
USGS Photograph by Bruce F. Molnia
1899
USGS Photo Library Photograph - Gilbert 276
2003
USGS Photograph by Bruce F. Molnia
1899
USGS Photo Library Photograph - Gilbert 278
2003
USGS Photograph by Bruce F. Molnia
Reid Inlet, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska
1899
G. K. Gilbert, 258, courtesy of the USGS Photographic Library
104 years later
USGS Photograph by Bruce F. Molnia
1924
A. H. Brooks, 1299, courtesy of the USGS Photographic Library
2003
USGS Photograph by Bruce F. Molnia
Lamplugh Glacier
1941
Field photograph # 430-41
2003
USGS Photograph by Bruce F. Molnia
Triangle Island, Queen Inlet, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska
1906
USGS Photo Library Photograph - Wright 333
2003
USGS Photograph by Bruce F. Molnia
1906
USGS Photo Library Photograph - Wright 333
2004
USGS Photograph by Bruce F. Molnia
Pedersen Glacier, Aialik Bay, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
1909
USGS Photo Library Photograph–Grant 131
2004
USGS Photograph by Bruce F. Molnia
1909
USGS Photo Library Photograph – Grant 130
2005
USGS Photograph by Bruce F. Molnia
Yalik Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Kenai Mountains, Nuka Passage, Alaska
1909
USGS Photo Library Photograph – Grant 235
2004
USGS Photograph by Bruce F. Molnia
Aialik Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Kenai Mountains, Aialik Bay, Alaska
1909
USGS Photo Library Photograph –Grant 128
2005
USGS Photograph by Bruce F. Molnia
McCarty Fjord, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
1909
USGS Photo Library Photograph – Grant 143
2004
USGS Photograph by Bruce F. Molnia
1909
USGS Photo Library Photograph – Grant 144
2004
USGS Photograph by Bruce F. Molnia
1909
USGS photograph by D.F. Higgins
2004
USGS Photograph by Bruce F. Molnia
Holgate Arm, Aialik Bay, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
1909
USGS Photo Library Photograph–Grant 132
2004
USGS Photograph by Bruce F. Molnia
Bear Glacier, Kenai Mountains, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
1909
USGS Photo Library - Photograph Grant 123
2005
USGS Photograph by Bruce F. Molnia
1909
USGS Photo Library - Photograph Grant 120
2005
USGS Photograph by Bruce F. Molnia
Older photo, undated
Kenai Fjords National Park
2005
USGS Photograph by Bruce F. Molnia
Harris Bay, Kenai Fjords National Park, Kenai Mountains, Alaska
1909
USGS Photo Library - Photograph Grant 136
2004
USGS Photograph by Bruce F. Molnia
1909
USGS Photo Library - Photograph Grant 137
2004
USGS Photograph by Bruce F. Molnia
Harvard Arm, College Fiord, Prince William Sound, Chugach National Forest, Alaska
1909
USGS Photo Library Photograph–Grant 208
2000
USGS Photograph by Bruce F. Molnia
Toboggan Glacier, Harriman Fiord, Prince William Sound, Chugach National Forest, Alaska
1905
USGS Photo by Sidney Paige - 731
2000
USGS Photograph by Bruce F. Molnia
East Fork of the Teklanika River, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
1919
USGS Photo Library Photograph – Capps
2004
2004 NPS Photograph by Ron Karpilo
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