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English: Exploration of the Whitney Glacier in 1870. This was the first glacier in the continental United States discovered and named. It was named for Josiah Whitney, head of the California Geological Survey.
Source Obtained from USGS site: http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1050/surveys.htm
Author Photograph by Carleton Watkins, taken in 1870. There is no evidence that the figure on the glacier is Clarence King.

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This image is in the public domain in the United States because it only contains materials that originally came from the United States Geological Survey, an agency of the United States Department of the Interior. For more information, see the official USGS copyright policy.

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current12:31, 15 January 2006Thumbnail for version as of 12:31, 15 January 2006685 × 453 (23 KB)JrbouldinObtained from USGS site: http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1050/surveys.htm

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