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The Athabasca Glacier  
   

The Athabasca Glacier

Part of the vast Columbia Icefield that contains 30 glaciers in all, and is up to 350m thick, it drains into 3 oceans, the Pacific, the Atlantic and the Arctic.
Blog 36: The Great Outdoors

July 27th 2008
Our camping experience on Johnstone Strait without electricity prepared us well for our return to Vancouver City. When we arrived back at our hostel, a fire in an underground cable area had caused a blackout affecting several parts of the city, reducing our comforts to cold showers and candlelight. In fact, our remaining time in Vancouver saw us limited to only a handful of places that weren’t a ... read more
North America » Canada » Ontario » Toronto

Canadian Flag A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the sou... ... read more
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