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Over many years, snow can compress into large, thick ice masses—glaciers. Glaciers move very slowly over time, carving out the landscape and creating new features. Glaciers have fall lines like rivers where the bed of the glacier narrows and descends rapidly, creating an icefall (like…

Glaciers Under Siege

Gulfoss falls is an iconic waterfall on the Hvítá river in Iceland. We visited the falls in February 2015, and what a sight it was! I was actually extremely happy to have gotten to see the falls in winter! The river drains the second largest glacier…

Frozen

Members of the species Alces alces are known as moose in North America and elk in Europe and Asia. (The North America elk is a different species, Cervus canadensis.) Populations in temperate regions of North America declined substantially over the past two to three decades…

Large Mammals

Glacier National Park in northern Montana covers more than one million acres of mountains, forests, meadows, lakes, and valleys in the Rocky Mountains. It lies on the border of Canada’s Waterton Lakes National Park. Together, Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park is a World Heritage Site — places…

Glacier National Park

Macaroni penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus), named for their colored crests, are one of six species of crested penguins. Many penguin species, including macaroni penguins, are highly social animals, nesting and feeding in large colonies. Macaroni penguins are categorized as vulnerable by the IUCN Red List. Species categorized as vulnerable…

Macaroni penguin

In the last decade, there hasn’t been a day gone by where I haven’t thought about the impact that humans have on our planet. Yesterday, as I cycled along the Canal du Midi, I looked out to see abundant groups of mallards, a water bird that has seemingly…

hanging around

The Himalayas traverse India, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, and Pakistan. The Himalayas impact the climate of the surrounding regions, and the snow and ice of the mountains is a source of water for perennial rivers and tributaries. The Himalayas provide habitat for many globally threatened species…

Mountain

Humans impact Earth and it’s natural systems. Emissions from the production of goods and from travelling by car, boat, train and plane have contributed to rising greenhouse gas emissions in Earth’s atmosphere. Consequently, climate patterns across the globe are changing, and over the last several…

footprint

Adélie penguins reside only in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Female and male Adélies take turns sitting on and taking care of hatchlings. The effects of climate change—are making life more difficult for Adélies, and several populations are in decline…

Adélies

I first read about Glacier National Park in the first grade. I checked out a book on national parks repeatedly from my tiny school library (two shelves near the secretary’s office). I was enthralled. I dreamed I would get to travel as an adult, and I would go to Glacier National Park. I was diagnosed with cancer for the first time in 2013, while in graduate school. I felt a sense of urgency to fulfill the dreams of six-year-old me…

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