The Agashashok River and Asik watershed
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Agashashok River and Asik watershed
The Agashashok River and Asik watershed
Lemon Creek Glacier
Lemon Creek Glacier is located at the southernmost tip of the Juneau Icefield in Southeast Alaska, USA, approximately 6.5 km northeast of the city of Juneau.
Lemon Creek Glacier is located at the southernmost tip of the Juneau Icefield in Southeast Alaska, USA, approximately 6.5 km northeast of the city of Juneau.
Collecting data at an ablation stake on Wolverine Glacier
USGS scientist, Chris McNeil, collects data at an ablation stake on Wolverine Glacier near the end of the glacial melt season.
USGS scientist, Chris McNeil, collects data at an ablation stake on Wolverine Glacier near the end of the glacial melt season.
Tyndall Glacier in Taan Fiord, Alaska
Tyndall Glacier in Taan Fiord, Alaska, is a modern day remnant of the glaciers that once flowed over the Gulf of Alaska.
Tyndall Glacier in Taan Fiord, Alaska, is a modern day remnant of the glaciers that once flowed over the Gulf of Alaska.
Example of thawing landscapes and thermokarst at our field sites
Example of thawing landscapes and thermokarst at our field sites
Example of thawing landscapes and thermokarst at our field sites
Soil tracer applied on burned hillslope
Brian Ebel pours a dye tracer into a pit to observe how water moves through soils on a burned hillslope.
Brian Ebel pours a dye tracer into a pit to observe how water moves through soils on a burned hillslope.
Dolly Varden and Arctic grayling in the Agashashok River
Underwater photo of a large school of Dolly Varden char and Arctic grayling in the Agashashok River. These fish were part of the Hydro-Ecology of Arctic Thawing (HEAT) project.
Underwater photo of a large school of Dolly Varden char and Arctic grayling in the Agashashok River. These fish were part of the Hydro-Ecology of Arctic Thawing (HEAT) project.
Gulkana Glacier
Gulkana Glacier is located along the south flank of the eastern Alaska Range.
Gulkana Glacier is located along the south flank of the eastern Alaska Range.
Crevassed terminus of Gulkana Glacier
Heavily crevassed terminus of Gulkana Glacier, AK, near the end of the 2016 ablation (melt) season.
Heavily crevassed terminus of Gulkana Glacier, AK, near the end of the 2016 ablation (melt) season.
Aerial photo of Sperry Glacier
Aerial photo of Sperry Glacier, Digital Globe image taken 08/26/2016. Aerial imagery, like this photo of Sperry Glacier, is used to create digital elevation models (DEMs) used to extrapolate mass balance field measurements over the entire glacier.
Aerial photo of Sperry Glacier, Digital Globe image taken 08/26/2016. Aerial imagery, like this photo of Sperry Glacier, is used to create digital elevation models (DEMs) used to extrapolate mass balance field measurements over the entire glacier.
A Horned Puffin taking off from the water
A Horned Puffin taking off from the water
A Horned Puffin taking off from the water
Horned Puffin, near Chisik Island in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska
Horned Puffin, one of the species affected by a recent seabird die-off in the Pribilof Islands, AK. Near Chisik Island in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska
Horned Puffin, one of the species affected by a recent seabird die-off in the Pribilof Islands, AK. Near Chisik Island in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska
The north fork of the Agashashok River
The north fork of the Agashashok River
The north fork of the Agashashok River
Bedrock peaks in the Agashashok River Watershed
Bedrock peaks in the Agashashok River Watershed
Bedrock peaks in the Agashashok River Watershed
Copper River bridge
Copper River bridge longer view
A scientist dumps DNA tracer into a moulin on Wolverine Glacier
A scientist dumps DNA tracer into a moulin on Wolverine Glacier to assess water flow through the glacier as part of research aimed at understanding glacier processes.
A scientist dumps DNA tracer into a moulin on Wolverine Glacier to assess water flow through the glacier as part of research aimed at understanding glacier processes.
Tributary of the Agashashok River
A tributary of the Agashashok River.
A tributary of the Agashashok River.
Periphyton in a tributary of the Agashashok River
Periphyton in a tributary of the Agashashok River
Periphyton in a tributary of the Agashashok River
The Agashashok River Watershed
The Agashashok River Watershed
The majestic Brooks Range in Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska
The majestic Brooks Range in Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska. This work is part of the Hydro-Ecology of Arctic Thawing (HEAT): Hydrology project that takes place in the Arctic Network Parks.
The majestic Brooks Range in Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska. This work is part of the Hydro-Ecology of Arctic Thawing (HEAT): Hydrology project that takes place in the Arctic Network Parks.
Kasilof River bridge during high water
Kasilof River bridge during high water
Kasilof River bridge during high water