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Saturday, October 18
11-12 october, the columbia icefield 4:12 AMIce fields are formed by a large accumulation of snow which, through years of compression and freezing, turns into ice. Due to ice’s susceptibility to gravity, ice fields usually form over large areas that are basins or atop plateaus, thus allowing a continuum of ice to form over the landscape and not be interrupted by glacial channels. - Wikipedia, 2008. (P/S: I could turn my blog into a brief-mini-encyclopedia on Canadian history and geography at the end of my trip, haha.)
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Athabasca Glacier
The Columbia Icefield lies between both Banff and Jasper National Parks. Spanning over 325 sq km in area, it is surrounded by some of the highest Rocky Mountains and feeds 8 major glaciers. Of these, the Athabasca Glacier is closest and most accessible from the Icefields Parkway (i.e. the highway leading to Jasper), hence it's the most visited and a popular tourist destination. In fact, I saw lots of Asians that day on the tour, from Chinese to Koreans to Japanese.. kinda nice to see them for a change, heh.
The Brewster Ice Explorer that took us up the Athabasca. And the ticket cost us CAD 38 each, pricey but definitely an adventure of a lifetime!
Left: the glacier from afar. I'm trying to make the journey as visual as possible here - so basically the Brewster took us along rough trails, up and down steep slopes (like the white strip that looks like a slide in the pic), and finally we found ourselves on the vast whites on the right!
Standing on ice that runs 365m deep, even the Eiffel Tower could be buried in it!
(Aww sorry Chris, I win! Hahaha.)
The Brewster driver, a knowledgeable and humorous (and I think quite charismatic) guy in his 40s.
Sunwapta and Athabasca Falls
Ehh.. we randomly stopped by 2 waterfalls on our way to Jasper as well, but nothing much to say about them, heh.
Sunwapta Falls
Cliff at the Athabasca Falls (the cut of the rocks was so unique we couldn't resist scrambling up repeatedly just for pictures), and the Inukshuk on the beach
Lake Athabasca
It'd be a 2-hour drive hereon to Jasper National Park - pic on the right shows what lies ahead while you cruise along the highway, though every bend really entails a different sight that leaves you in the same awe and wonder..
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