Monday, August 30, 2010

Exit Glacier








Yesterday we went to Exit Glacier. You hike up there and are able to get quite close.

Particularly interesting is the retreat of Exit Glacier. This article details it and the picture of the sign shows it. They were able to use tree dating to figure out where the glacier was prior to 1950... if you can't see the dates, you get the idea... the rings show it's retreat since the late 1800s/early 1900s. Glaciers also slide, so it's an interesting dynamic of both sliding and retreating.

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