For the Ice Cliff or Stuart-- will these still count as glaciers once the mass has shrunk to the point that they no longer form ice at the bottom and creep down the mountain?
Those might remain as permanent snowfield longer, but if the criteria is glacier -- doesn't a lack of movement mean that it no longer a glacier?
But according to UK tabloids, a new ice age is coming and those glaciers are about to go on a growth spurt
https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/scientists-predict-new-ice-age-by-2019-as-sun-goes-blank/
Think I'd lean toward the Lynch just because it seems like it has the edge in terms of mass and the accumulation zones for the glaciers on Stuart aren't very big.
Great post!
Hinman Glacier is apparently gone now. And Chimney Glacier is retreating up its icefall. I just looked at the Icecliff and Sherpa on GoogleEarth and they look pretty famished as of last summer--like they might go Slesse on some warm summer day. Stuart Glacier looks too convex to survive. Colchuck has been on life support for a couple decades, it seems. Overcoat gets a lot of sun despite its aspect. Finally, Lynch Glacier is still the largest--but the recession plot looks more geometric than all the rest. Sad sad sad.
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