Sentences with phrase «icefield glacier»

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Known as the gateway to the Rocky Mountains, Alberta is home to several UNESCO World Heritage sites, which includes the Dinosaur Provincial Park and thousand - year - old glaciers at the Columbia Icefield.

Obama will then travel on Sept. 1 to the Seward area, where he is expected to view the Kenai Fjords and the Harding Icefield, which is home to nearly 40 glaciers.

This ice mass is part of the Columbia Icefield and is the largest in a chain of glaciers along Canada's Great Divide Trail.

The day included a stunning hike through the Athabascan Falls, a drive down the Colombia Icefield Parkway, which included an all terrain ride (ATV) on the glaciers and a breathtaking walk over the Glacier Skywalk which is suspended over an enormous valley, very scary.

Venture to the land of the grizzlies and glistening glaciers - your in - depth exploration of the Rocky Mountains begins in Stampede country, taking you through scenic icefields, breathtaking lake landscapes, and alpine villages before you embrace your inner Canadian and learn the art of playing the puck from a local pro.

Among Jasper National Park's attractions are the glaciers of the Columbia Icefield, as well as many more stunning lakes, mountains, waterfalls and hot springs.

Take the Columbia Icefield Glacier Experience, operated by Brewster, and you travel on specially - built all - terrain Ice Explorers out onto the Athabasca glacier, the most accessible in the massive Columbia Icefield and an experience that no visitor to Canada should miss.

A highlight of this Canadian Rockies tour is a journey on Icefields Parkway to savor stunning views of alpine meadows, waterfalls, and glacier masses followed by a thrilling ride aboard an Ice Explorer on the Columbia Icefield, the largest expanse of ice in the Canadian Rockies.

Granite peaks rise in spires to the sky massive glaciers flow down from the perpetual icefields that blanket Patagonia's vast massifs.

Sunglasses are also recommended for the Columbia Icefield Glacier Adventure to reduce the glare of the sun off the glacier

Be sure to stop at the Columbia Icefield, North America's largest sub-polar body of ice feeding eight major glaciers.

During a 230 km long drive from Banff National Park to Jasper National Park; you can see enormous icefields & glaciers, turquoise lakes, countless waterfalls, mountain peaks, and wildlife.

Take an Ice Explorer ride on the 1,200 - foot - thick Columbia Icefield, and marvel at the stunning scenery, including alpine meadows, waterfalls, and massive glaciers.

Visit the Columbia Icefield and have the chance of a lifetime to enjoy a unique walk on ancient glaciers before arriving in Lake Louise for your final two nights.

The only similar glacier on the Northern Icefield, is the San Rafael (which used to have a high calving flux and velocity until it started receding into shallow water).

Re No. 34, There are a number of tidewater - calving glaciers on the west coast of the South Patagonian Icefield.

Experts from Natural Resources Canada and several universities monitor annual fluctuations of glaciers in the western and northern Cordillera, which includes the iconic icefields in the Rocky Mountains.

The Lemon Creek and Taku Glacier near Juneau, Alaska has been studied by the Juneau Icefield Research Program since 1946, and they are the longest continuous mass balance study of any glacier in North America.

The glaciers that make up the Patagonian Icefield of South America have been on the decline for the past four decades, with the rate of melting increasing 50 % over the past decade, according to new research.