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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Alaska----Another Flipping Iceberg

Portage Lake- near Anchorage.
As icebergs melt, they often get out-of-balance and flip over.
Notice the now-vertical lines of the different snowfalls that happened many years earlier. As increasingly heavier snow fell through the years, the lower layers were compressed into "glacial ice."
After calving into the lake, this berg became out of balance and flipped about 90 degrees.


	Charlie Shugart 2013

Iceberg in Portage Lake- Alaska

Nov 30, 2013 at 11:52 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Alaska----Another Flipping Iceberg

nice berg. Haven't been down there is a while but there seems to be less and less bergs with the glacier retreating. Good on you for timing it right!

Dec 01, 2013 at 09:38 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Alaska----Another Flipping Iceberg

Almost like a sea lion stretching its neck

Dec 01, 2013 at 12:24 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Alaska----Another Flipping Iceberg

Thanks Iptak and Maji.
Back in the day- the natural world was generally better than it is now.
Especially regarding looking at tidewater glaciers up close- which I was able to do with Columbia Glacier before it broke off its terminal moraine and began its hasty retreat.
Sea lion? Back when I drank Ripple I would have seen that also

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Charlie

Dec 01, 2013 at 07:11 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Alaska----Another Flipping Iceberg

Nice detail.

Dec 02, 2013 at 07:16 AM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Alaska----Another Flipping Iceberg

Interesting subject. Sharpen a bit. Take out background noise.

Dec 03, 2013 at 11:53 PM


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