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	Juneau Icefield
		Although the Juneau Icefield is at least 3,000 years old, the ice itself remains relatively young because it is perpetually renewed through snowfall at upper elevations as it flows downhill in its glaciers.
		The Juneau Icefield is a massive accumulation of ice and snow stretching from upper Taku Inlet north to Skagway.
		Scientists estimate the icefield's snow and ice depth to be from 800 to over 4,500 feet (245 to 1371 meters).
	www.fs.fed.us /r10/tongass/forest_facts/resources/geology/mendenhall.htm (1813 words)

	Columbia Icefield
		The Columbia Icefield is a mass of ice covering a high plateau between Mount Columbia (3747 m), the highest point in Alberta, and Mount Athabasca (3491 m), located between Banff and Jasper national parks, along the BC-Alberta border.
		The icefield is a spectacular sight of undulating white, soaring rock peaks and deep ice caverns.
		It can be reached from the Icefields Parkway, a scenic road connecting LAKE LOUISE and JASPER, and can be climbed by experienced mountaineers to its crest, called the Snow Dome (3520 m), from which point its waters are said to melt into 3 oceans.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0001775 (236 words)

	Columbia Icefield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Columbia Icefield is a large icefield located in the Canadian Rockies, astride the Continental Divide of North America.
		Part of the icefield, the Athabasca Glacier, is visible from the Icefields Parkway.
		As the icefield is atop a triple continental divide these waters flow ultimately to the Pacific Ocean, Hudson's Bay, and the Arctic Ocean, respectively.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Columbia_Icefield (267 words)

	Juneau Icefield Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Icefields form when numerous tongues of ice known as valley glaciers interconnect around peaks called nunataks which push through the ice.
		Although the Juneau Icefield is at least 3,000 years old, the ice remains young because its steady flow perpetually renews itself through snowfall at upper elevations.
		The Juneau Icefield may continue to melt as glacial meltwater trickles among the debris and plant and animal communities ultimately reclaim the land.
	www.temscoair.com /icefact.html (1135 words)

	Travellers Voice Magazine -- Ski Touring the Columbia Icefield
		Around the edges of the icefield rise a number of high peaks including Mount Columbia, which at 3 747 metres is the highest peak in Alberta.
		To reach the icefields drive south from Jasper or north from Lake Louise on the Icefields Parkway.
		Ski routes on the Columbia Icefield are described in "Summits and Icefields" by Chic Scott.
	www.travellersvoice.com /articles/article.html?id=33&pf=1 (2060 words)

	Spatial distribution and abundance of red snow algae on the Harding Icefield, Alaska derived from a satellite image
		Description of spatial distributions of snow algal blooms is important for understanding snow algae's unique life in an extremely cold environment and for determining the effect of algae through the reduction of surface albedo.
		Field observations on the icefield conducted in August 2001 revealed visible red snow, particularly near the snowline.
		The spatial distribution of red snow on the icefield obtained by mapping the reflectance ratio matched field observations across the icefield with more red algal blooms on the continental than the maritime side of the icefield.
	www.agu.org /pubs/crossref/2006/2006GL027819.shtml (397 words)

	Icefield Discovery Lodge
		Icefield Discovery Lodge is the most unique addition to our portfolio of selected lodges.
		Icefield Discovery Lodge now offers you the opportunity to venture comfortably and safely into the world’s largest non-polar icecap.
		Built at 2615 metres / 8,500 feet Discovery Icefield Lodge is at the highest elevation of any similar facility in Yukon or Alaska.
	www.alaskatours.com.au /visityukon/summerTrips/lodges/IcefieldDiscovery.html (357 words)

	Columbia Icefield Photo Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Columbia Icefield is a surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.
		Lying on a wide, elevated plateau, it is the largest icefield in the Canadian Rockies.
		Situated across from the Icefield Centre, its ice is in continuous motion, creeping forward at the rate of several centimeters per day.
	www.geocities.com /asiaglobe/gallery/rockies-columbia.htm (236 words)

	The Columbia Icefield
		The Columbia Icefield is among the largest non-polar accumulations of ice in North America.
		Melt water from the Icefield feeds streams and rivers that pour into three different oceans north to the Arctic, east to the Atlantic and west to the Pacific.
		Across the highway from the Icefield Centre lies the Athabasca Glacier, a tongue of ice six kilometres long and one kilometre wide.
	www.alberta-travel.com /files/Rockies-Icefield-Tours.html (720 words)

	OneDayHikes.com - Hikes and Hiking Trails
		With the Icefield Center and road now vanished from view, you are left alone with the exposed, wild moorland and surrounding mountains.
		It is close to the midway point of the Icefields Parkway (Hwy 93), 127 km north of Lake Louise and 106 km south of Jasper.
		Accommodation: The nearest lodgings (reservations advised) are the Icefield Chalet (780 852 6550) at the Icefield Center and Hilda Creek Hostel (phone 403 762 4122) 6 km south of the trailhead.
	www.onedayhikes.com /Hikes.asp?HikesID=132 (772 words)

	About Icefield Instruments Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Icefield Instruments was formed in 1990 in response to a demand for glaciological instrumentation and consulting services.
		Icefield Instruments Inc. is incorporated in the Yukon Territory, Canada.
		Erik () is president and founder of Icefield Instruments Inc. He holds a Ph.D. (1992) in glaciology from the University of British Columbia and a B.A.Sc.
	www.icefield.yk.ca /www/about.htm (110 words)

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		Approximately 75 square kilometers of ice is exposed on this northward trending icefield.
		Because of the size of the icefield and the high density of meteorite specimens, two map sections had to be produced.
		The latest edition (1993) of the Main Icefield meteorite location maps corrects the improper placement of several meteorites from the 1988 collection (ALH 88024, ALH 88054, and ALH 88135) and adds two meteorites for which data was not available earlier (ALH 88051 and ALH 88052).
	www.lpi.usra.edu /amlamp/amlamp1/ansmet1.txt (1254 words)

	Columbia Icefield - Brewster Snocoach tours and Sightseeing trips in the Canadian Rockies
		The Columbia Icefield is located on the boundary of Banff and Jasper National Parks.
		One of the largest accumulations of ice and snow south of the Arctic Circle, it covers an area of nearly 325 square kilometres.
		The Columbia Icefield is a true "hydrological apex," for its meltwater feeds streams and rivers that pour into the Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific oceans.
	www.columbiaicefield.com (286 words)

	Driving Tour: Icefields Parkway Drive @ nationalgeographic.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Continue for another 3 miles [4.8 kilometers] to reach beautiful Bow Lake, which is fed by water from the Bow Glacier, one of the eight glaciers descending from the Waputik Icefield.
		The red roof of the little Num-ti-jah Lodge contrasts strikingly with the blue of the lake, the green of the forest, and the minerals in the rocks.
		At 6,637 feet [2,023 meters], Sunwapta Pass marks the boundary between Banff and Jasper National Parks and the divide between the North Saskatchewan River and the Sunwapta (“turbulent one”), which drains to the Arctic.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /destinations/Banff_National_Park/Icefields_Parkway_Drive.html (1382 words)

	Juneau Icefield Research Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Juneau Icefield Research Program is a scientific and educational program involving multi-disciplinary research on the Juneau Icefield in Southeast Alaska.
		The Juneau Icefield is located in an area along the southeast coast of Alaska that is extremely sensitive to the fluctuations of the Polar Front.
		The spatial fluctuations of the Polar Front, as it swings from the maritime climate of Juneau to the inland, continental climate of Atlin, British Columbia, have a direct impact on the amount of winter snowfall and the retained accumulation at the end of the summer ablation (melting) season.
	www.hobohelp.com /applications/Icefield/5273_icefield.html (641 words)

	About Alaska Icefield Expeditions
		Alaska Icefield Expeditions was founded by Dan and Chris Turner, who run the oldest operating sled dog tour company in Southeast Alaska.
		During the summer of 1995 we were on special assignment doing a two week trek across the Juneau Icefield with famed Japanese adventurer, Joshi Wada.
		The vast remote reaches of the icefield were incredible and the trip was a great success for the dog teams.
	www.akdogtour.com /about.html (222 words)

	Gem Trek Publications - Columbia Icefield Recreation Map
		There is also information and photos about the history of the area, the animals and wildflowers found nearby, and some of the most interesting features found at icefields and glaciers, such as crevasses, millwells and ogives.
		On the back is a relief-shaded map of the icefield area, from Sunwapta Peak and Beauty Creek in Jasper National Park in the north to Mount Saskatchewan in Banff National Park to the south.
		There are also trail descriptions of the three premier day hikes in the area, a list of the 11 highest peaks in the area, a list of services and accommodation in the area (from campgrounds to lodges) and a distance chart with distances and driving times to nearby towns.
	www.gemtrek.com /columbiaicefield.html (280 words)

	Flying Weasels on a glacier in Southeast Alaska
		Two years ago a pair of over-snow vehicles was provided to the Juneau Icefield Research Project by the Army for test on sub-arctic ice surfaces.
		The first attempt to fly the Weasels into the Icefield was made in the summer of 1950.
		The next winter much consideration was given to the possibility of barging them to the head of the Taku Fiord and then driving them to the Icefield via the Norris or the Taku glaciers from tide water.
	mccullyweb.com /icefield/flyingweasels.html (758 words)

	<Columbia Icefield Chalet>
		Opened in May 1996, the new Icefield Centre is a beautiful chalet-style stone building created to serve half a million visitors every year.
		The Icefield Centre is located just north of the Banff /Jasper National Park boundary, on the spectacular Icefields Parkway (Highway #93 North).
		The Columbia Icefield Chalet rooms occupy the third (top) floor of the Icefield Centre; a full dining room and cafeteria fill the second floor; and the Chalet Front Desk, gift shop, Snocoach Tour Terminal and Jasper National Park Information Desk occupy the main floor.
	banffinfo.com /wheretostay/icefield_parkway/ColumbiaIcefieldChalet.htm (344 words)

	Did you know? - 40 that the Columbia Icefield is the largest icefield on the Continental Divide & the mother of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		- 40 that the Columbia Icefield is the largest icefield on the Continental Divide & the mother of Canada’s rivers?
		40 that the Columbia Icefield is the largest icefield on the Continental Divide & the mother of Canada’s rivers?
		A remnant of the great ice sheets that covered most of Canada during the last ice age, Columbia lends a Rocky Mountain flavour to three sides of the nation through melt-water that passes through to the Beaufort Sea, Hudson Bay & the Pacific Ocean.
	www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca /world/site/includes/did_you_know-en.asp?id=152 (85 words)

	WHERE.ca: Canadian Rockies - Features - The Columbia Icefield (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		As you drive the Icefields Parkway, almost everything you see bears the mark of moving glaciers, from the scoured bedrock of the valley floor to the windswept ridges or aretes of the high peaks.
		To the west of the Icefields Parkway a chain of icefields lies along the Continental Divide between Lake Louise and Jasper.
		From the summit of Snow Dome in the middle of the icefield, glaciers feed rivers that flow to the Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific oceans.
	www.where.ca /canadianrockies/article_feature_print.cfm?listing_id=2 (1044 words)

	Juneau Icefield A Different Perspective
		Located in Southeast Alaska, the Juneau Icefield is the fifth largest Icefield in North America and has been my home for 15 summer seasons as a staff person with the Juneau Icefield Research Program, JIRP, click here for more info on JIRP.
		This site is a very different perspective of the Icefield compared to what a visitor or student on the Icefield would normally see.
		It is not meant to be a comparative study of the differences from year to year but more of a historical, albeit nostalgic look back at some of the original buildings and snow depths.
	www.mccullyweb.com /icefield (129 words)

	THE PATAGONIAN ICEFIELDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Both regions are mountainous, with icefields, glaciers and a rugged coast composed of countless channels, fjords and islands.
		Annual precipitation on the western side of the icefields increases from 3,700 mm at sea level to an estimated maximum of 6,700 mm at 700 m above sea level on the icefield summits.
		Both icefields are nourished by the mid-latitude weather systems and are characterised by abundant precipitation, high ablation rates, steep mass-balance gradients and high ice velocities.
	www.aber.ac.uk /glaciology/nfg_patagonia.htm (1633 words)

	BedandBreakfast.com - Worldwide directory of Bed and Breakfasts and Inns
		According to Brewster Tours, "the Columbia Icefield is located on the boundary of Banff and Jasper National Parks.
		The Centre is located along the Icefields Parkway (Highway 93) 185 kilometers north of Banff, 130 kilometers north of Lake Louise, and 106 kilometers south of Jasper.
		Allow lots of time for the Icefield Parkway, with wonderful trails of all degrees of difficulty, plus the Columbia Icefield.
	www.bedandbreakfast.com /report/Winter-04/story1.htm (1536 words)

	SummitPost.org - Mt. Columbia Climbing Information
		It is situated on the northern rim of the Columbia Icefield, ten km southwest of the Athabasca Glacier.
		The icefield area is a pretty lonely place in the winter, and as a result the rate of tourist traffic out on the Icefield Parkway slows to a trickle as well.
		It is not at all unusual for climbers near the Athabasca Glacier, the Icefield Centre or the Snocoach road to be the subject of photographs by hordes of awed tourists visiting the icefield for the first time.
	www.summitpost.org /mountains/mountain_link.pl?mountain_id=250 (4169 words)

	Waputik Icefield (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The boundary between it and the larger Wapta icefield is Balfour Pass.
		The icefield is best known as a leg of a popular ski traverse which includes the adjoining Wapta Icefield, beginning at either Bow Lake or Peyto Lake.
		The hut system on the Wapta and Waputik icefields was expanded between 1988 and 1991, with the replacement of Bow Hut and Balfour Hut with much larger structures, and the addition of the Scott Duncan Hut.
	www.bivouac.com /ArxPg.asp?ArxId=1127 (670 words)

	Harding Icefield's Loss is the Ocean's Gain, Alaska Science Forum
		Her close look at Harding Icefield showed that it has shrunk perhaps the height of a five-story building during the past 40 years.
		Harding Icefield, named for former U.S. President Warren Harding, is an ice cap in the mountains of the Kenai Peninsula.
		Though the height of Harding Icefield in the 1950s was in question, the researchers have a unique method for measuring icefields today.
	www.gi.alaska.edu /ScienceForum/ASF13/1385.html (587 words)

	Alberta Icefield Tours: Icefield Tours in Alberta, Canada
		Icefield Helicopter Tours Inc. is a full service helicopter tourism provider.
		The Icefields Parkway is one of the most scenic roadways in Canada, and one of the most spectacular mountain highways in the world.
		Brewster Guided Excursion journeys this highway to The Columbia Icefield, the Parkway’s crown jewel, where modern-day explorers can take a Brewster Ice Explorer out onto the surface of the Athabasca Glacier for a spectacular Ice Age adventure.
	www.discoveralberta.com /ToursActivitiesAdventures/IcefieldTours/index.html (511 words)

	Carlson, Banff: Tours - Columbia Icefield Tour from Banff - Poweredby 10Best.com
		Description: The Columbia Icefield, located in Jasper National Park, presents an awesome sight when first viewed from the Icefields Parkway.
		It is one of the largest accumulations of ice south of the Arctic Circle and one of the most interesting and accessible icefields in North America.
		The Icefield covers an area of nearly 325 square kilometers and reaches a depth of 250-320 meters.
	www.10bestcityguides.com /tours.process/OID_0D9A56E1/MID_381/tourID_7298 (75 words)

	Kenai Fjords National Park Sights Page
		The mountains are mantled by the 300-square mile Harding Icefield, 35 miles long and 20 miles wide.The Harding Icefield is the source of over 30 named glaciers that, together with the icefield, cover over 700 square miles.
		The Harding Icefield is one of only four remaining icefields in the United States and receives at least 400 inches of snow each year.
		The icefield is a remnant of the Ice Age - a surviving expanse of Pleistocene glaciation.
	www.kenai.fjords.national-park.com /sights.htm (790 words)

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