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Mendenhall Glacier is receding so quickly that by 2050, it might no longer be visible from the visitor center

Mendenhall Glacier is receding so quickly that by 2050, it may no longer be visible from the visitor center it once loomed outside.

Mendenhall Glacier is expected to melt away by 2050 — and more than 700,000 tourists this year are scrambling to see it before it's gone forever.

Mendenhall Glacier is receding so quickly that by 2050, it may no longer be visible from the visitor center it once loomed outside.

JUNEAU, Alaska — Thousands of tourists spill onto a boardwalk in Alaska’s capital city every day from cruise ships towering over downtown. Vendors hawk shoreside trips and rows of buses

A record number of tourists are expected this year in Alaska, drawn by wonders such as the the area’s crown jewel: the Mendenhall Glacier. But climate change is melting it,

A record number of tourists are expected this year in Alaska, drawn by wonders such as the the area’s crown jewel: the Mendenhall Glacier. But climate change is melting it,

A record number of tourists are expected this year in Alaska, drawn by wonders such as the the area’s crown jewel: the Mendenhall Glacier. But climate change is melting it,

Mendenhall Glacier is receding so quickly that by 2050, it might no longer be visible from the visitor center

Mendenhall Glacier is receding so quickly that by 2050, it might no longer be visible from the visitor center