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Columbia Icefield
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The road from Banff to Jasper National Park will pass through the Colombian ice sheet. Recently, I can buy tickets online in advance and choose the right time to visit, otherwise I can only wait on the spot.
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The Columbia Ice Sheet is the largest ice sheet remnant in the world outside the Arctic Circle. Because the ice layer of the glacier is extremely dense, sunlight cannot be refracted, and it will show a crystal clear blue light, which is very magnificent under the clear sky. From this, the melting snow flows to the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Sea respectively, which is a natural treasure formed after four glacial ages. The glacier is a snow track that slides from the bottom of the ice sheet to the slope due to the extrusion of gravity. It carries relatively heavy materials such as ice, snow and rocks, so the flow rate is very slow. The seven-kilometer-long Athabasca Glacier moves only about seven meters a year, so it may take hundreds or even thousands of years for snow and ice to flow from the ice sheet to the lower end of the glacier. It is a once-in-a-lifetime experience to take a helicopter overlooking this huge glacier that has lasted for 10,000 years. Or take a specially designed "Ice Explorer" all-terrain tour bus to set foot on the six-kilometer-long Athabasca Glacier (Athabasca Glacier) for a panoramic view of the swamp.
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The road from Banff to Jasper National Park will pass through the Colombian ice sheet. Recently, I can buy tickets online in advance and choose the right time to visit, otherwise I can only wait on the spot.
Jasper National Park's ice sheet belongs to the edge of the Colombian ice sheet, and is also an ancient ice sheet that ordinary people can touch. Fortunately, it is a visit! Seemingly ordinary ice surface, there are many ice cracks, walking at will is very dangerous, there are life accidents, so we are very careful to follow the leader's instructions to take the determined route. The light blue reflection of the ice sheet is beautiful, and the melting snow water forms a stream.
The road is far away, the climate is cold, but it can't stop a heart that wants to go! Humans can survive in that harsh conditions, it is really not easy, and the ice sheet is really magnificent.
The scenery is pleasant, very good choice, I like this place very much!
Beautiful scenery, pleasant scenery, lingering
The scenery is beautiful, the environment is clean and tidy, it is worth seeing.
Come here in midsummer, trance time is reversed, half-sleeved shorts wearing for a few days, you suddenly need down cotton clothes to wrap up. The scenery here can be seen from a distance, but you should ride on an ice sheet car to experience the excitement of climbing, slowly descending and ice sports. This huge object carrying you on a journey is one of the most classic experiences of all scenic spots. The reason why the original car returns and you stay for no more than 15 minutes is to protect the ice sheet and worry about the rising temperature. It is self-conscious. I missed my car and spent nearly an hour on the ice sheet. It was clear afterwards that this meant protecting the natural environment. I felt a little ashamed of BC Province.
Beautiful scenery, clean environment, worth a visit!