McCarthy, AK

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Sunday, July 29, 2007 In the morning Frank signed up for a glacier walk (crampons etc.) I declined and spent the time catching up on various things. He said the hike was interesting.
We scheduled a sightseeing flight for 6:30 pm. It was a 4 seat plane; another woman from Bethesida MD,took the flight with us. We thought the mountains and glaciers of the Wrangell- St. Elias Mountains would be interesting to see from the air. And they were. There are so many glaciers and so many mountains -- - they seemed to go on forever. The weather socked in a bit and to avoid turbulence we had to fly at a higher altitude than they normally fly. It was a great flight. We really enjoyed it.

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Photos

Views from the Airplane
Bridge in the middle of the river

Views from the Airplane
Black Glacier - - covered with dirt

View from the Airplane
There are lots of glaciers in this mountain range. The dark streaks are moraine - -piles of dirt and rocks the glacier scraps from the mountains and leaves behind as it moves.

A stream running through the glacier
Eventually the stream goes underneath the glacier.

View from the Airplane
Lots of snow and ice.