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      Ice and Water in Southeast Alaska
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      Ice and Water in Southeast Alaska

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      • A fishing boat departs Petersburg early in the morning. Kristin Hettermann
      • Calving is the sudden breaking away of a mass of ice from a glacier ice shelf or iceberg. Tracy Arm Fjord. Kristin Hettermann
      • Intricacies of ice in the Tracy Arm Fjord. Kristin Hettermann
      • A river outside Petersburg close to Mitkof Island. Kristin Hettermann
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      • Salmon migrating from the ocean swim to the upper reaches of rivers where they were born to spawn on gravel beds. Kristin Hettermann
      • After spawning just once, Pacific salmon will immediately die and decompose to add nutrients into the stream system. Kristin Hettermann
      • A piece of glacier in Tracy Arm fjord off. Holkham Bay and adjacent to Stephens Passage within the Tongass National Forest. Kristin Hettermann
      • The twin glaciers North Sawyer and South Sawyer are located at the end of Tracy Arm Fjord. Kristin Hettermann
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      • Small bits of disintegrating icebergs are called "growlers" or "bergy bits." Tracy Arm. Kristin Hettermann
      • Ridgeline outside the town of Petersburg. Kristin Hettermann
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      • A fishing boat departs Petersburg early in the morning.
      • Calving is the sudden breaking away of a mass of ice from a glacier ice shelf or iceberg. Tracy Arm Fjord.
      • Intricacies of ice in the Tracy Arm Fjord.
      • A river outside Petersburg close to Mitkof Island.
      • Salmon migrating from the ocean swim to the upper reaches of rivers where they were born to spawn on gravel beds.
      • After spawning just once, Pacific salmon will immediately die and decompose to add nutrients into the stream system.
      • A piece of glacier in Tracy Arm fjord off. Holkham Bay and adjacent to Stephens Passage within the Tongass National Forest.
      • The twin glaciers North Sawyer and South Sawyer are located at the end of Tracy Arm Fjord.
      • Small bits of disintegrating icebergs are called "growlers" or "bergy bits." Tracy Arm.
      • Ridgeline outside the town of Petersburg.
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