NSIDC holds a collection of IGY glacier
photographs in our Analog Archives. More than 900 have been
digitized with support from NOAA’s Climate Data Modernization
Program (CDMP) and are available in the NOAA at NSIDC program’s Glacier
Photograph Collection.
Glaciology was one of the primary research areas studied over
the course of the IGY. By the time of the IGY, it had long
been recognized that changes in the morphology of glaciers could
be recorded using repeat photography over an extended period of
time. Moreover, systematic changes in the morphology of ensembles
of glaciers could be an indicator of long-term climate change. Glacier
photographs had been obtained by William O. Field and other photographers
on previous excursions to Alaska. The IGY was an opportunity for
Field and other photographers to continue their glaciological research
of previously studied glaciers as well as to take baseline observations
of previously unstudied glaciers. The team made three trips to
Alaska (1957, 1958, 1959) to photograph glaciers.
From the Glacier
Photograph Collection search page, you may select one or
more search parameters to locate these images.
Search by Photograph Date
- Date range 1957 to 1959
- To select a single year, enter the same Minimum and Maximum
photograph year.
Search by Photographer Name
- Field, William O.
- Millett, Marion T.
- Viereck, Leslie A.
- Morrison, Charles C., Jr.
- Goodwin, Robert J.
Note: The Glacier Photograph Collection includes 917 IGY glacier
photographs within the date range 1957 – 1958. 209 of these
were taken by Field. |
Grinnell Glacier, Montana.
Photographed by Charles C. Morrison, Jr., July 5, 1958. |
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