and the hubbard plaisir is even longer at one hundred twenty kilometers. because. it has recently been generating some sad headlines in twenty sixteen the ice had receded so much that the glaciers outflow changed direction. instead of north to the yukon river and the bering sea the meltwater now flows southwest into the. pacific ocean. the former outflow has become a barren sandy area and the glacier no longer feeds clo any lake itself. but here it's there since for a sense the river has almost dried up here the water level of lake lonnie has dropped by almost two to three meters the island hey it was completely surrounded by water in twenty fourteen so it was a real island and today you can hike out there. geologists are now using radar to explore the former river deltas