Living on a Glacier, Thinking about Rocks

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Sep 30, 2016   Featured, Interior Alaska, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

CANWELL GLACIER — This summer, Sam Herreid has slept for 12 nights on these rocks that ride slowly downhill on a mass of ice. For a few days at a time during the last six summers, the 28-year-old has lived on this ephemeral landscape in the eastern Alaska Range. From his regal perch, he is […]