Figure 1 - Map of Kennicott Glacier showing instrumentation installed in 2006 to document the connection between basal motion and glacier hydrology.

Five GPS receivers document surface ice speeds. One-hour GPS position files were processed statically relative to the fixed base station near McCarthy. Pressure and submersible temperature sensors document levels of four side-glacier lakes and the presence of lakes, respectively. The stage gauge and conductivity probe in the glacier outlet river allow calculation of river discharge and chemistry. Air temperatures logged 0.5–0.7 m above the glacier surface and measured emergence of the GPS support poles constrain calculation of the melt inputs to the glacial hydraulic system. The locations of the towns of McCarthy and Kennecott are represented by a cross-hatch pattern.