Icefield Explorer vehicle in front of the Athabasca Glacier at the Columbia Icefield

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The Athabasca Glacier is one of the six principal 'toes' of the Columbia Icefield, located in the Canadian Rockies. The glacier currently recedes at a rate of 2-3 metres per year and has receded more than km in the past 125 years and lost over half of its volume. The glacier moves down from the icefield at a rate of several centimetres per day. The glacier is approximately 6 km ( miles) long, covers an area of 6 km² ( mi²), and is measured to be between 90 metres (270 ft) and 300 metres (1000 ft) thick.

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Location: Columbia Icefield, Alberta, Canada
Photo credit: © Sunpix Travel / Alamy / Afripics
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