See It Before It's Too Late!
According to an article by Tom Egan in yesterday's New York Times Travel section, many tourists are visiting Alaska out of a desire to see its famous glaciers before they disappear. Some glaciers are retreating extremely fast--up to 165 feet per year in the case of the Portage Glacier, one that's no longer visible from its visitor center. Here's a photo I took of the Mendenhall Glacier in April 2004. It'll be interesting to compare it to a new one when I visit DHN in Juneau in August.
