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Ron Karpilo — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:12:46 +0000

Hi Alan,
I don’t know of any specific maps, but here a few resources:
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys has a lot of material available online that might be helpful. Here’s their search page: http://www.dggs.alaska.gov/pubs/quadrangle-search
The USGS National Geologic Map Database might have something too: http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ngmdb/ngmdb_home.html

I’ll let you know if I run across anything that might be helpful.

Good luck!

Ron

Comment on Projects by alan Roy

alan Roy — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:35:13 +0000

looking for maps from 1900-1915 that shows old rivers and sloughs on Manley hot springs, Alaska. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank You

Comment on East Fork Toklat Repeat Photography by Ron Karpilo

Ron Karpilo — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:21:49 +0000

Hi John,

Thanks for checking out the photos. I haven’t looked at the weather records, but I plan to do so sometime in the future. I am planning on writing a report about my project, I’ll let you know when I have something put together. I’m heading back to DENA one more time this summer. I’ll post more photo pairs when I get back. Sounds like a great boating year in CO. I’ll be in Fort Collins in August, maybe the Poudre will still have some water.

Thanks again,

Ron

Comment on East Fork Toklat Repeat Photography by John Gross

John Gross — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:34:07 +0000

Hi Ron!

Nice pics! I always appreciate time series of photos, and it’s great that someone with your photo skills is taking this on. I presume you’ll do some sort of final report, and I wondered if you’d looked at recent (year or two) weather conditions at the times of the photos. I.e., did either of the winters preceding the glacier pictures have unusually large or small snowfalls? As you’re surely aware, this is an incredible year in northern Colorado – the Poudre is still at 4′ on the PineView gauge and the amount of snow at Cameron Pass and in the central mountains is really impressive.

cheers,
johng

Comment on Stephen Reid Capps Project by Repeat of S.R. Capps' 1919 East Fork Toklat Glacier Photo | Ron Karpilo

Repeat of S.R. Capps' 1919 East Fork Toklat Glacier Photo | Ron Karpilo — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 05:54:55 +0000

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Comment on Eklutna Glacier Change 1915 to 2010 by Ron Karpilo

Ron Karpilo — Tue, 17 May 2011 18:56:13 +0000

Hi Frank,

Thanks for the email and photos. Hearing first hand accounts of how things have changed is always fascinating. No matter how many times I see it, it’s amazing to see geologic process operating on a human time-scale.

Here’s a map with my photo location and my estimate of where the glacier terminus was in 1915:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=202438399349915356251.00048dd6b301c00065f01&ll=61.277081,-148.996925&spn=0.039969,0.115442&t=h&z=14
My quick and dirty estimate (based on imagery in Google Earth) was that the glacier retreated about 1.25 miles since 1915.

Thanks,

Ron

Comment on Eklutna Glacier Change 1915 to 2010 by Frank E. Baker

Frank E. Baker — Mon, 16 May 2011 20:15:29 +0000

In the 1960s we drove our car to Mile 12.7 where we stash our bicycles today. After a hike of less than 1/2 mile, we could see the face of the glacier, which even back then was beginning to retreat back into the canyon. On May 14 of this year I hiked way back in there and saw the glacier’s face for the first time in more than 40 years! In my lifetime, it was receded about one mile. Since 1915, I’d guess it has retreated about 1-1-/2 miles.

Comment on About by Ron Karpilo

Ron Karpilo — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 02:17:09 +0000

Hi Charlene,
Thanks for your comment. I’m very interested in books and papers by Stephen R. Capps. I’m currently in the early stages of a project about Capps’ Alaska geology fieldwork. I’m working on gathering as many of his photographs, field notebooks, letters, and publications that I can find and using them as a “breadcrumb trail” to map, retrace, and rephotograph his exploration paths throughout Alaska. I plan to use the repeated photos and observations to examine how glaciers, stream channels, vegetation, etc have changed over the past 100 years and to allow others to physically or virtually follow in the scientist’s footsteps.

I sent you an email with my contact info.

Thanks,

Ron

Comment on About by Charlene

Charlene — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:32:03 +0000

Ron, Your name came up on my Google search of Stephen R. Capps. Capps is part of my stepfather’s geology collection. My stepfather is a soft geologist (glaciers, sediment…). He is a former teacher at University of Alaska, climber, and Antarctic explorer. Do you have an interest in his books and papers? Charlene

Comment on Raven Glacier Change 1915 to 2010 by 1915 Alaska Geology Fieldwork by Stephen R. Capps | Ron Karpilo

1915 Alaska Geology Fieldwork by Stephen R. Capps | Ron Karpilo — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 23:25:50 +0000

[...] I’m currently working on a long-term project mapping and retracing Capps Alaska fieldwork. Here are a few older posts related to Capps: 1915 Alaska Fieldwork by USGS Geologist Stephen R. Capps Alaska Railroad Construction – Part 1 Repeat Photography of Eklutna Glacier, Chugach State Park, Alaska (1915 – 2010) Repeat photography of Raven Glacier at Crow Pass in Chugach National Forest, Alaska (1915 to 2010) [...]