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Show Glaciers in United States Are Rapidly Melting Away The largest glacial system ln the continental United States, exclusive of Alaska, is rapidly melting away. It Is the Mount Rainier system, comprising com-prising 28 glaciers with an area of nearly 50 square miles. C. Frank Brockman recently pointed point-ed out .In American Forests that Nls-qually, Nls-qually, third largest and most accessible acces-sible of the group, Is receding at an average rate of 72 feet a year. Literary Digest |