Detail View: Roger G. Barry Glacier Photographs Collection: Gerstle River, aerial photograph FL 20 L-5, Alaska

Identifier: 
nsidc_glacierPhotos_AGS_1941_FL20_L5.tif
Identifier ARK: 
https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/bq8w0443v6x9
Title: 
Gerstle River, aerial photograph FL 20 L-5, Alaska
Creator: 
Unidentified photographer
Date: 
1941 August 30
Extent: 
1 photoprint; 25.2 x 25.2 cm (10 x 10 inches)
Format: 
photographs
Format: 
gelatin silver prints
Description: 
Photograph number FL 20 L-5.
Description: 
Transcribed from item: Front: 10DAL-5. Typed note adhered to photograph: Glaciers at head of Gerstle River. View SSW from near 6340 / 14510. Gerstle River at lower right with Glacier 6336 / 14520 at right ; Glacier 6336 / 14511 at lower left center at head of creek tributary to Gerstle River at 6341 / 14510. Glacier 6334 / 14508 at head of Little Gerstle River at mid-distant left with Peak 6331 / 14511 of 8800 ft. 3 inches from left and 2 5/8 inches from top. Aug. 30, 1941. (CG Tr. Gl. 20 - L5). Back: Glacier at head of Gerstle River. Shows old terminal moraine - recent recession from a maximum. Terminal area disintegrating. Yanert Glacier. Contained in folder: AGS Flight - 20. 1941. Indexed on Mt. Hayes. Coordinates given are for Gerstle River and were obtained from USGS GNIS.
Description: 
Source: American Geographical Society/World Data Center-A for Glaciology.
Glacier Name: 
Gerstle River
Glacier Latitude: 
64.05694
Glacier Longitude: 
-145.135
Coverage Spatial: 
Gerstle River (Southeast Fairbanks, Alaska, United States, North America) (river)
Subject: 
Glaciers--Alaska--Aerial photographs
Type: 
StillImage
Language: 
English
RelationLink: 
NSIDC Glacier Photograph Collection link: https://nsidc.org/data/g00472
RelationLink: 
Bibliographic number: b10245128
RelationLink: 
For more information about the finding aid visit the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections.
Citation: 
Unidentified photographer. 1941. Unknown Glacier: From the Glacier Photograph Collection. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media.
Rights: 
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