PHOTO OF THE DAY August 28, 2005  

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Where Matanuska Glacier, Chugach Mountains, Alaska
When 1976
Photographer George F. Mobley

"An exultant climber raises his ice ax near the mouth of an ice cave on Alaska's Matanuska Glacier. The 49th state's diverse landscape encompasses mountain and tundra, glacier and sand dune, meadow and rocky coastline."

—From the National Geographic Book Alaska: High Roads to Adventure, 1976


National Geographic magazine: North Pole, Alaska
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