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Photos by Roger Zellmer at Columbia Ice Fields in the Canadian Rockies, trip in August 2006
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View from our campsite at the Wilcox campground just south of the ice fields. |
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It was extremely cold the next morning perhaps in the low 30's. We were quite cold for the 2 nights we stayed here at this high elevation. |
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t was a beautiful camp site with a view of the glaciers and mountains. |
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The bus on the first leg up to the glacier. |
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We are now on the 2nd leg of our tour in the 16 wheel drive ice vehicle |
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The Athabasca Glacier is about 1,000' deep at this location. |
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The Dome Glacier |
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The vehicles have been operated by the Brewster concession for many years. |
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The Athabasca Glacier. |
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They glaciers have been receding over 150 years. |
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They only gave us 20 minutes out on the ice field |
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The ice is a bright blue color due to the high density. |
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Gathering a sample of the glacier melt. Eternal life promised!!!! |
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The glacier is moving over a ridge here, which causes a break up of the ice. |
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This would be a treacherous place to hike. |
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The clouds kept coming in and out. Our guides said we were lucky to have any visibility as it had been raining for the previous 5 days. |
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Look at the size of these machines. |
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A whirl pool water erosion caused by the melt. |
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There is a huge glacier area on the back side of these mountains called the Columbia Glacier that feeds many other down stream glaciers. |
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Linda at the visitor center patio. |
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The ice used to come right up to this visitor center when the park was first opened. The terminal moraine is very evident in person. |
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Another view from our camp ground RV site. |