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Stonington Island from the air

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Poster: drummy (see this users gallery) This clearly shows the ramp connecting the island to the N. E. Glacier, our access to the Plateau and the south.
· Date: Thu, 18, January, 2007 · Views: 43919 · Filesize: 34.6kb, 395.8kb · Dimensions: 886 x 552 ·
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Mon, 19, March, 2007 7:55am

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As a contrast, I've seen it with all the ice now gone and the ramp no longer in existence. I have just uploaded an aerial photo taken from the other direction showing Stonington as a lone island in 2002. I wish I could have set foot on the island though!

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Wed, 21, March, 2007 8:54am

Jenny,
Could you give me any idea how far the glacier snout was back from the island when you overflew in 2002? If I remember correctly the ramp lost about 30 metres of width between 1971 and 1973 and the glacier snout actually retreated by about 70-80 metres over the same period.
Drummy

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