Valdez Glacier Summary 11/6/14

Weather: in the 30's little sun but mostly cloudy, windy of 10 miles per hour

Berwyn, Bob. "Travel: Exploring Valdez." Summit County Citizens Voice. N.p., 26 Nov. 2012. Web. 21 Nov. 2014. <http://summitcountyvoice.com/2012/11/26/travel-exploring-valdez/>.

Plants:

White Clover (Trifolium repens)

 Pineapple Weed (Matricaria discoidea)

  Barclays Willow (Salix barclayi)

Arctic Willow (Salix arctica)

  Dwarf Fireweed (Chamerion latifolium)

 Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

  Devils Club (Oplopanax horridus)

Cow Parsnip, Heracleum lanatum

Other:

Having been to both Valdez and Worthington Glaciers allows us to compare these ice masses and see how they impacted their surrounding environments. At Worthington Glacier we saw that it was hanging glacier that was sitting high up in between two mountainsides. Valdez differs in the fact that it is not a hanging glacier but a Valley Glacier. However, the Valdez Glacier at one point in its history was a Tidewater glacier meaning that it reached out all the way to Prince William Sound. Although these are two different types of glaciers, they both clearly showed signs of glacial karst left behind along with lakes. -Nate Litka

The glacier in Valdez is different than the Worthington glacier in may ways. Worthington is more of a mountain glacier. It is on a higher lever of ground whereas Valdez is on mostly one level. You don't have to hike or climb anything to reach Valdez glacier. Also, there was a lot more glacial till at Worthington compared to Valdez. There were more rocks with layers showing it being pulled down by ice or snow at Worthington. Valdez was more flat, and had water showing pieces of ice in it. -Tayler Hehir