The ice stream joins the Fimbul Ice Shelf in the upper part of the image. NASA Landsat image 20204-16513 from the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing. Will appear in USGS Prof. Paper 1386-J. Landsat 1 MSS image of Mount McKinley and environs, Alaska Range, Alaska, on 25 Aug 1972. Numerous glaciers are visible on the flanks of the massif. Surging glaciers move forward rapidly for several months on a recurring basis.
Clouds are visible northwest of the range.
Reddish hues are various types of vegetation. NASA Landsat image 1033-21020 from the U.S. Geological Survey's EROS Data Center. Cloud-free Landsat 3 MSS image of approximately the same region as above on 24 Aug 1979. Landsat image 30537-20443 from the U.S. Geological Survey's EROS Data Center. The Malaspina Glacier, a piedmont outlet glacier, is visible at center.