Ice calved from the Portage Glacier in Portage Lake, Alaska. In this location the glacier has retreated around a bend so that it is no longer visible from the area accessible by foot (attributed by many to global warming). Here is a link to an interesting fact sheet about the retreat: http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2006/3141/
This web site was launched by Prof. Michele Mossa of the Polytechnic University of Bari (Italy) with the initial support of Fondazione Caripuglia, Bari, Italy for the Research Project LIC-MON of 2003 and of the Project IMCA (Integrated Monitoring of Coastal Areas) financed by MIUR PON D.M. 593/00. Later, the initiative was supported with other Prof. Michele Mossa’s funds, most recently provided by the RITMARE Project.
Blue Ice in Alaska, USA
