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| Glacier National Park, U.S.A. |
Dateline June 2007.
The Glacier National Park is a fitting emblem for the great changes sweeping
the world's cold places. Only 27 glaciers are left in the park out of the 150 that
existed there a century ago, 90 percent of the ice volume is gone. It is estimated
that the remainder will vanish at the rate of one per year, on average. It will be
the first time in 7,000 years that this landscape has not had glaciers.
Source: Dan Fagre, U.S. Geological Survey scientist.
(June 2007 National Geographic Magazine *)
The Glacier National Park is a fitting emblem for the great changes sweeping
the world's cold places. Only 27 glaciers are left in the park out of the 150 that
existed there a century ago, 90 percent of the ice volume is gone. It is estimated
that the remainder will vanish at the rate of one per year, on average. It will be
the first time in 7,000 years that this landscape has not had glaciers.
Source: Dan Fagre, U.S. Geological Survey scientist.
(June 2007 National Geographic Magazine *)
