Glacier Bay Explorer

Glaciers

Artist: Bill Eichenlaub
Artist: Bill Eichenlaub
See the hiker at the base of the tree? Yes, this was a big tree. The 'bath-tub ring' look to this lake gives it the appearance of a 'reservoir' – a body of water behind a man-made dam. But it is not a reservoir; it is a glacier dammed lake and the lake level fluctuates naturally. Many of the lakes along the edge of the Brady Glacier have a 'bath-tub ring' around the edge from repeated filling and draining, but I know of no other that has standing dead trees of this size.

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