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University of Montana, Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections

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Left photo summary: Boulder Glacier with visitors observing ice cave, July 27, 1932. Photo courtesy of Glacier National Park Archives. T.J. Hileman, photographer. Right photo summary: Boulder Glacier. Glacier National Park, Montana. 1988. Photo courtesy of University of Montana, Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections. Jerry DeSanto, photographer. Photo Point latitude: 48.958795 Photo Point longitude: -114.092059 FYI: lat/longs may be pasted to the search bar in Google Earth to find the location.
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Summary: Grinnell Glacier and Mount Gould. Glacier National Park, Montana. 1910. Description with photo reads: 'This view overlooks Grinnell glacier, taken from the col, in the Garden Wall, at the end of the footpath leading up from the Garden Wall trail. A small portion of the upper glacier is shown, resting on a ledge high above the lower glacier. Only part of the lower glacier is visible, but the view shows the greatly crevassed surface, with clean snow surface next [to] the mountain. The surface is not even, as one might suppose from the view. The two dark streaks about the center are evidence of depression on the surface, wherein is a large visible portion. It is estimated that the ice was 150 to 200 feet thicker,...
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Summary: Glacier National Park, Montana, looking across Grinnell Glacier. Description with photo reads: 'Looking across Grinnell Glacier, south at the time of setting the stakes Sept. 3, 1922, showing the notch at the foot of Mt. Gould which was the objective point. The four figures of man on the ice surface give an idea of relative size. The streams of running water are toward the bottom of the picture, across the closed crevasses which show crescentic form over the brow of the ice hill.' Photo taken by E.V. Huntington. Courtesy of University of Montana, Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections. Glacier latitude: 48.750229 Glacier longitude: -113.725834 FYI: lat/longs may be pasted to the search bar...
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Caption: Glacier National Park, Montana, Gem Glacier. Gem Glacier is the small glacier seen on the left side of the photo in the notch in the cliffs. The larger glacier seen at the base of the cliffs is probably Grinnell Glacier. circa 1888-1890. Courtesy of University of Montana, Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections. Glacier latitude: 48.750229 Glacier longitude: -113.725834 FYI: lat/longs may be pasted to the search bar in Google Earth to find the location.
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Summary: Glacier National Park, Montana, large boulder on Grinnell Glacier. Description with photo reads: 'Great boulders fall from the cliffs above Grinnell Glacier at present, as they have fallen for thousands of years past. Here is a mass of limestone that thus fell a long time ago, gradually worked through the glacier from top to bottom, where it ground the mountain floor as the glacier carried it along. It turned like a top, polishing its massive base as smooth as a billiard table. A few years ago this boulder was at the edge of the ice, and around its base a rushing glacial torrent noisily sought the lower level. The ice is leaving it far out in the rubble, retreating as much as 60 feet in a year. In the...
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