glaciers in the yukon
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Information about glaciers in Kluane National Park in the Yukon. This photo tour with Kluane Glacier Tours leaves from Haines Junction and flies over Kluane World Heritage Site.TRANSCRIPT
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YUKON GLACIERS
With Linda Aksomitis
Travel Writer/Photojournalist
http://guide2travel.ca and http://aksomitis.com
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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
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Kaskawulsh Glacier in the Yukon
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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
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My Yukon Kluane Glacier Tours adventure – Sifton Air, Haines Junction http://www.yukonairtours.com/
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Google Maps screen capture – Mount Logan
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Pilot – Marie Young (from France)
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Leaving Haines Junction
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Into the mountains
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Peaks above the clouds
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Kluane National Park
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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
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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
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Kluane Glacier
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Kluane
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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
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Creating our own avalanche
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Flying between mountains
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Kluane Lake
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Plan your trip!
http://www.yukonairtours.com/ Kluane Glacier Tours
Toll Free: 1-888- 634-2916(867) 634-2916 Phone(867) 634-2034 [email protected]