YUKON GLACIERS

With Linda Aksomitis

Travel Writer/Photojournalist

http://guide2travel.ca and http://aksomitis.com

What’s a glacier anyway? Fallen snow that has packed down in

layers over time Snow layers have turned to ice Glaciers flow like rivers due to their large

mass

Kaskawulsh Glacier in the Yukon

Glaciers & Ice Ages Right now glaciers make up about 10% of

earth’s land mass Glaciers are remnants of the last ice age During the last ice age ice covered 32% of

land and 30% of oceans During last ice age glacial ice sheets

extended from the poles over most of Canada

Over past 750,000 years, 8 ice age cycles Another ice age is due

My Yukon Kluane Glacier Tours adventure – Sifton Air, Haines Junction http://www.yukonairtours.com/

Google Maps screen capture – Mount Logan

Pilot – Marie Young (from France)

Leaving Haines Junction

Into the mountains

Peaks above the clouds

Kluane National Park

Kluane National Park and Reserve Made a World Heritage site in 1979 for

its glaciers & icefields Important for grizzly bear, caribou, dall

sheep 61°00′00″N 138°00′00″W 22,013 km² Nearest centre—Haines Junction

Mount Logan

Highest peak in Canada (2nd in North America)

Still rising, but current height of 5,959 metres (19,551 ft)

Located in Kluane Believed to have the largest base

circumference of any non-volcanic mountain on Earth

Kluane Glacier

Kluane

About Kluane Glacier

It’s a valley glacier Stretches 24 to 32 km towards ice fields Covers nearly 60 sq. km Snow is major source feeding this

glacier A slow moving glacier

Creating our own avalanche

Flying between mountains

Kluane Lake

Plan your trip!

http://www.yukonairtours.com/ Kluane Glacier Tours

Toll Free: 1-888- 634-2916(867) 634-2916 Phone(867) 634-2034 Faxkluaneglacierairtours@yahoo.ca