Alaska, Mendenhall Glacier

Publication Year: 1962.

Alaska, Mendenhall Glacier. On March 19, Roger Morris (19), Gale Good (19), and Jerry Dove (19) roped together were climbing on the Mendenhall Glacier. One of the party slipped into a crevasse and pulled one companion after him. The rope broke near Dove who was flung free on the other side of the crevasse. Dove walked out and alerted a rescue party. Morris suffered cuts of his head and a hand; Good was bruised.

Source: Newspaper report.