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as noted by you in 1892 (150-250 feet), and is a noteworthy 

 fact in connection with these glaciers. Muir Inlet is at present 

 choked by the ice pack which promises to remain congested 

 so long as its source of supply is so active. A considerable 

 portion of the present front of Muir Glacier is in very shallow 

 water and in a few years should decrease in size very materially 

 unless new avenues and inlets for tidal currents are exposed 

 by the receding ice. Dying Glacier is still creeping back and 

 wasting away. 



Carroll Glacier has not changed much in aspect during the 

 last fourteen years; its terminal cliff has receded about 2,000 

 feet and at present, apparently, is continuing to do so. It 

 is discharging icebergs very slowly and Queen Inlet is nearly 

 free of ice. 



Rendu Glacier has also changed but little, and its front is 

 about 2,000 feet back of its position in 1892. This inlet also 

 is not impeded by any amount of ice. The small glacier cas- 

 cading from the west near its terminus appears to have changed 

 still less. 



In Reid Inlet the changes have been very great and things 

 are still moving at a rapid rate there. The inlet was congested 

 with the ice pack last summer (1906) and on the south side 

 near the large island the ice jam was completely frozen over 

 and moved as one mass back and forth with the tides. 



Grand Pacific Glacier has receded and left the large granite 

 island surrounded by water. It has receded nearly 20,000 

 feet ; but judging from the amount of ice it is now discharging 

 and the shape of its valley it will not recede so rapidly in the 

 next few years, other conditions remaining the same. 



Johns Hopkins Glacier has receded about 1 1,000 feet and is 

 still sending off icebergs at a rapid rate. The unnamed glacier 

 directly east has become detached from it and is much like 

 Reid Glacier in character and appearance. 



Reid Glacier has receded perhaps 5,000 feet and still 

 preserves its original aspect as indicated on your map .... 



Hugh Miller Glacier no longer reaches tide water in Reid 

 Inlet and at low tide is nearly a mile back from it. The tide 

 flats are long and with only a slight grade. In Hugh Miller 



