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Surveying Alaska's Glacial Mountain Landscape
A person in a bright yellow hooded jacket kneels on rocky, sparse ground, adjusting scientific equipment next to a backpack. In the background, a vast glacier winds through towering, snow-capped mountains under a partly cloudy sky.
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