Meet Lamplugh Glacier. I’ve been visiting her for twenty years. She has altered the position of her terminus slightly during that time, but nothing like what has happened between 2018 and 2019. In 2018, Lamplugh was still an active tidewater glacier but when I first saw her again in the spring of 2019, she had retreated dramatically back from where she had been. A significant piece of ice was left stranded on the newly exposed beach, technically termed a “remnant”. Behind the remnant was a lagoon filled with ice that had recently calved off of the face. In this photo, you can see just how far she has raced back away from the ocean. The line of ice bergs along the beach on the right side of the photo mark the high tide line, which WAS the terminus of Lamplugh for the last 50 years or so. Now look at her! I did not imagine that I would ever see this, but now I wonder how much farther she will retreat in my lifetime. Photographer: Sean Neilson