Shrinking of Glaciers in Glacier National Park
- Date Range
- 1913 – 2012
- Title
- Shrinking of Glaciers in Glacier National Park
- What occurred
-
"In 1850, there were about 150 documented glaciers in this area of the Rocky Mountains. Most were still there when the national park was established in 1910. Maps of the glaciers in 1968—surveyed by airplane by the USGS—counted 83 ice-and-snow bodies with areas greater than 0.1 square kilometers. Today the number of ice bodies is 25." -https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/Glacier
This connects really well with Cole's Essay on American Scenery as it showcases another issue we now have with the "sublime" disappearing. - Location
- 64 Grinnell Drive Glacier National Park Headquarters West Glacier, MT 59936
- Image Citation
- https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ur4I8tYnxP4/maxresdefault.jpg
- Student name(s)
- Julien Evans