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Glacier National Park Loses Two More Glaciers

By Rocky Thompson on April 15th, 2010

Next month Glacier National Park will celebrate its centennial. Rumor has it that President Taft’s cryogenically frozen head will be thawed for the occasion of commemorating his national park. Whether his head is unfrozen now or at the bicentennial, he’ll find Glacier with fewer glaciers. Two of the park’s 37 named glaciers shrunk to smaller than 25 acres. This is the size that scientists speculate they stop moving, and in essence, being glaciers. By the time the bicentennial rolls around we’ll be lucky to have any left at all.

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3 Responses to “Glacier National Park Loses Two More Glaciers”

  1. Timothy Gray April 15th, 2010 at 1:58 pm

    Thanks for reporting on this, Rocky. Terrible news! As a photographer and outdoor enthusiast, I’ve had Glacier N.P. on my “must see” list for several years now. Looks like I need to “bump” it to the top if I want to see those namesake glaciers.

  2. salt water April 16th, 2010 at 6:36 am

    OMG! Imagine that. Melting ice…the horror.

  3. Ben April 18th, 2010 at 1:03 pm

    I am sure the glaciers have always been around. Without them, life would cease.

    How many glaciers disappeared at the end of the ice age a few thousand years ago? And humans survived..