Athabasca Glacier
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A 5 km long valley glacier which can be easily visited. Fed by Columbia Icefield over bedrock steps, creating icefalls with crevassed surface and the ice flow downwards. Has been retreating at least a century which is expressed by terminal moraines far from the glacier edge.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athabasca_Glacier
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Coordinates: 52°11'22"N 117°15'19"W
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