This is from 2004...
http://www.60south.com/loudwater/loudwater04a.htmI spent 5 months at Palmer several years ago and saw (and heard and felt) my share of glacier calving, but I did not know this had occurred (or that it had been documented).
There was plenty of evidence that the Marr Glacier had retreated since the station was built (the freshwater pond had dried up and photos of the station from the early '70's clearly showed that the glacier was much closer than it is today) - but I wasn't aware of how much the glacier has retreated since I was there....
....we could hike to Old Palmer from "New" Palmer (roped up of course)....
...and we could also walk into the Ice Cave at Old Palmer (after a few hours of digging) and it was completely frozen inside....(an unbelievably beautiful - the walls were covered with giant "snowflakes" as big as your hand)...
I'm absolutely shocked...
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