Flying over Columbia Glacier shows the scale of change in real time. Stretching more than 30 miles, it’s one of Alaska’s largest tidewater glaciers. Every day, millions of tons of ice calve into Prince William Sound as the glacier continues a retreat that began in the 1980s… now more than 15 miles. Once moving at speeds up to 98 feet per day, the glacier now flows around 25 feet daily… carrying centuries-old ice to the face where it breaks away and drifts out as floating icebergs. #ValdezAlaska
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This epic moment was filmed at Columbia Glacier in Alaska. What you’re watching is called a “shooter” — when a giant chunk of ice breaks off and shoots over 200 feet into the air. This is part of a natural process called calving. It happens when the glacier melts, cracks, or shifts as it slowly moves. Warmer air and water make the ice weaker, and over time, it breaks apart. Sometimes even small earthquakes can help trigger it. The Columbia Glacier has been shrinking fast since the 1980s, and now
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The mighty Columbia Glacier in southern Alaska has been undergoing a drastic transformation, and it’s anything but slow. While glaciers are often symbols of gradual change, Columbia Glacier tells a very different story. Since the 1980s, this massive tidewater glacier has retreated more than 20 kilometers (12 miles) and lost over HALF of its volume. Thanks to images captured by the NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration & USGS Landsat satellites, we can track how this once colossal
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Columbia Glacier, the second largest tide water glacier in North America is also one of the fastest moving glaciers in the world. I’ve been watching it, studying it and flying over it for 16 years and in that time it has receded about 8 miles. I’m guessing we have 2 to 3 more years before it recedes up off the ocean. It has lost almost 2000 feet of thickness in the last 100 years, and since 1982 when it began its retreating faze, it has retreated about 15 miles. Come see it before it’s gone. $35
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