ALUMNI NEWS
Measuring the speed of the ice on Mount Rainier’s Nisqually Glacier, Paul Kennard holds a survey rod with a reflecting prism. Another surveyor, off the glacier, sends a laser to the prism to determine Kennard’s exact position, and by comparing it to previous measurements, the team can calculate the ice’s velocity. Ice that has stopped moving and becomes stagnant poses a greater risk of outburst floods.
SPRING 2021!BULLETIN 43
