Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska
The most famous of the glaciers in the Juneau Ice Field, Mendenhall Glacier is named for Thomas Corwin Mendenhall, who served on the Alaska Boundary Commission that surveyed the international boundary between Canada and Alaska.
The Mendenhall Glacier is 12 miles long and 1-1/2 miles wide where it stretches across the Mendenhall Valley. Its ice can be 400 to 800 feet deep.
Uploaded on October 15, 2008