Norman Bright is dwarfed beneath a huge ice-wall just east of Silverthrone Col, 12 miles east of Mount McKinley. Dark layers of ice show summer melts and white layers show winter accumulation, allowing us to date the snowfall like rings on a tree
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Title
Norman Bright is dwarfed beneath a huge ice-wall just east of Silverthrone Col, 12 miles east of Mount McKinley. Dark layers of ice show summer melts and white layers show winter accumulation, allowing us to date the snowfall like rings on a tree
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Negative 57-4806. Title written on mat by photographer. Alternative title taken from dealer's list.
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Identifier
2008.2.27
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1 item
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Giant icewall, Mount Silverthrone
Date
1945
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Framed
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“Norman Bright is dwarfed beneath a huge ice-wall just east of Silverthrone Col, 12 miles east of Mount McKinley. Dark layers of ice show summer melts and white layers show winter accumulation, allowing us to date the snowfall like rings on a tree,” The Collections of the American Alpine Club Library, accessed April 20, 2024, https://library.americanalpineclub.org/items/show/382.