Juneau Icefield Research Project (1949-1958)

The Juneau Icefield Research Project (JIRP) was formed to find a prototype area to study Alaska''s coastal glaciers and trends in climatic change. For the past 57 years JIRP has conducted a systematic study of key receding and advancing glaciers, including Lemon Creek and Taku Glaciers. From this study, a model has been developed to study the mass balance of these glaciers and their relation to ge...