Ep. 6: Martin Truffer and the surging Malaspina Glacier
Alaska Science Pod
English - November 02, 2021 20:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsNatural Sciences Science Earth Sciences alaska geophysics nature alaska science ravens natural science field work research natural history Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Martin Truffer is a glaciologist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. He reports that the Malaspina Glacier is more than three thousand feet deep in some places, describes how his research group is monitoring its progress and speculates about future changes to this massive glacier in Southcentral Alaska. (29 minutes)