Alaska Trip

1995

Project Participants

Simon Kattenhorn (Chairman)
Mary Leech (Logistics Co-ordinator)
Rachel Beane (Itinerary Co-ordinator)
Caren Chaika
Laura Webb
Sneha Dholakia
Kat Burnham
Gloria Linder
Elizabeth Miller (Professor, GES)
Simon Klemperer (Professor, GES/GP)

The beauty of Alaska...



Stellar sealions atop pillow basalts of an ophiolite complex, Resurrection Bay, Kenai Peninsula


Forest killed by saltwater due to subsidence caused by 1964 earthquake,

Resurrection Bay, Kenai Peninsula


Bear glacier flowing from the Harding Icefield into Resurrection Bay, Kenai Fjords National Park


Exit glacier, near Seward, Kenai Peninsula


Worthington glacier, Chugach Mountains, NE of Valdez


Preparing for the trip to McCarthy outside Chitina. Clockwise from lower left: Kat Burnham, Simon Kattenhorn, Laura Webb, Mary Leech, Rachel Beane, Prof. Elizabeth Miller, Prof. Simon Klemperer


Chitina River valley, en route to McCarthy/Kennicott


Abandoned copper mine, Kennicott


Alaska pipeline at Denali fault crossing


View south towards Alaska Range, showing Mt. McKinley


View towards Mt. McKinley, Denali National Park


Brown bear ("grizzly") and cubs, Denali National Park


Display of 1964 quake effects, Earthquake Park, Anchorage

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