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March 22, 2016

Kiwa Glacier Retreat, British Columbia 1986-2015

Kiwa Glacier retreat from 1986 to 2015 in Landsat images.  Red arrow is 1986 terminus and yellow arrow 2015 terminus location. Purple arrow indicates upglacier thinning where more bedrock is exposed.  Purple dots indicate the transient snowline Kiwa Glacier is the longest glacier, at 9 km, in the Cariboo Mountains of  British Columbia.  The glacier drains northwest from Mount Sir Wilfred Laurier and is near the headwaters of the Fraser …

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December 26, 2010

Castle Creek Glacier, BC annual retreat recorded

Castle Creek Glacier is in the Cariboo Mts. of British Columbia. The glacier descends north-northeast for 6.3 km from 2825 meters to the terminus at 1,810 meters. During the last 50 years of retreat has left a series of annual terminal recessional moraines that indicate how much the glacier has retreated each year. The glacier has a remarkably uniform and relatively low slope for an alpine glacier. This is one …

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