USGS Home Contact The USGS Search USGS

Outreach in the Western Region

Historical Photographs: King on Whitney Glacier

1870 – King on Whitney Glacier The deeply crevassed part of the Whitney Glacier on Mount Shasta. Clarence King, holding alpenstock in foreground, discovered this - the first active glacier described in the United States. 1870 photograph by Carlton Watkins. (U.S. Geological Survey) Download File (TIF)6.3 MB

Privacy       Accessibility       Information Quality       FOIA       Contact Us
U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey URL: http://online.wr.usgs.gov/outreach/highlights/enlarged/kingglacier.html Page Contact Information: Western Region Web Team Page Last Modified: Thursday, 03-Nov-2005 13:03:27 EST (mdg)