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Crossen says the best way to learn about glaciers is to "visit them, to see, touch and walk on the glacial ice." Accessible glaciers in Alaska include the Exit Glacier near Seward, the Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau, and the Portage and Matanuska Glaciers near Anchorage. The beautiful Portage Glacier, near Anchorage is one of the main tourist attractions in Alaska. It is visited by a half million people every year.
Crossen is the chair of the
Geology Department at the University of Alaska, Anchorage.
Her recent research involves a comparison of fifteen
terrestrial and tidewater glaciers during the past 200
years. She has specialized in glacial marine sedimentation
of the Ice Age, glacial and Pleistocene geology,
geomorphology, the geology of Alaska, and Alaskan glaciers.
She recommends Living Ice, by Robert P. Sharp and
After the Ice Age, by E.E. Pielou for further
reading. She has written articles on such topics as the
neoglacial history of the Portage Glacier and the
Pleistocene/Holocene transition and human occupation of the
central Tanana Valley of interior Alaska.
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For information on the Harriman Retraced Expedition e-mail: harriman2001@science.smith.edu |