Silverstein documented his trip in Playboy magazine, while Solzhenitsyn arrived five years after receiving the Nobel Prize in literature.

As Alaska’s glaciers continue their retreat, an Alaskan returns to the first one she loved to explore what remains — and what’s at stake.

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