Our last day on this Caravan tour included a visit to the Athabasca Glacier - Columbia Icefield.
Ron was risking life and limb to fill my water bottle. I tasted it (very cold) but finally dumped it - who knows what was in that water!
The top of the icefield was very dirty - "Because of a warming climate, the Athabasca Glacier has been receding or melting for the last 125 years. Losing half its volume and retreating more than 1.5 kms, the shrinking glacier has left a moonscape of rocky moraines in its wake." (quote from a Parks Canada article)
This was our all-terrain Ice Explorer. Ron was impressed with the cost of the tires - $5,000 each.
Another photo stop at one of Canada's beautiful turquoise lakes.
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