Talk:Athabasca Glacier

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did not edit anything on athabasca glacier page, want to nick pick it's math, hoping somebody else corrects it. if the athabasca glacier advances several centimeters per day that would be 7.3 meters per year, so, how can it retreat 5 meters per year ? the math 7.3 minus 5 implies that it advances 2.3 meters per year. Stevehartwell (talk) 21:32, 23 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Strictly speaking no part of a glacier ever retreats. Each ice crystal only flows down the slope until it finally melts (in this case it might flow down some centimeters per day). However, the glacier front can be said to "retreat". That is, if the glacier flows down 7 metres a year, and the lowest 12 metres melt, then the glacier front "retreats" 5 metres per year.

Unfortunately the statement you referred to in 2016, was removed soon after you posted. Fomalhaut76 (talk) 08:27, 21 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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This article barely mentions the glacier itself - why it's significant, its geological history and other natural and social history, how it relates to other glaciers in the region, etc. It seems to be written from the perspective of a tourist guide. The fact that there's a Starbucks there or that tourists and workers have been killed in bus accidents in the parking lot are completely extraneous, however tragic, to the significance of the topic. It's kind of embarrassing to look this up because one wants to learn more about the glaciers of the Canadian Rockies only to find out that the author thought the existence of a Starbucks is more important than the actual reasons why this glacier is notable! Thanks. Bruxism (talk) 03:30, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]