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Davidson Glacier is a large valley glacier in the Chilkat Range near Haines in southeast Alaska. Known in Indigenous tradition as Ssitkaje and named in 1867 for George Davidson, it was observed by John Muir in 1879 when it nearly reached tidewater. Since then, the glacier has retreated into the mountains, shifting from a near-sea glacier to an inland one and creating a glacial lake within its moraine about a mile from Chilkat Inlet. Now a tourist attraction for Haines and Skagway, it also reflects the broader pattern of glacial retreat in southeast Alaska.
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Mud Bay, Alaska · United States
