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NSIDC/WDC archives the American Geographical Society Collection of approximately 10,000 historical aerial and terrestrial print photographs from the 1880's to 1975.

Andrews Glaicer, 1916 Johns Hopkins Glacier, 1964 Barnard Glacier, 1957

These photographs are from NSIDC's Glacier Photograph Collection.

 

Repeat Photography of Glaciers Special Collection: This collection matches photos of glaciers taken as early as the 1890s with recent photos taken at the same physical location. The photos tell a captivating visual story of the changes glaciers have experienced through time.

Muir Glacier Pairs Muir Glacier, photographed by William O. Field on 13 August 1941 (left) and by Bruce F. Molnia on 31 August 2004 (right).
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If you use this image in a publication, please cite as follows:
NSIDC/WDC for Glaciology, Boulder, compiler. 2002, updated 2006. Glacier Photograph Collection.
Boulder, CO: National Snow and Ice Data Center/World Data Center for Glaciology. Digital media.

 

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