Information about glaciers in Kluane National Park in the Yukon. This photo tour with Kluane Glacier Tours leaves from Haines Junction and flies over Kluane World Heritage Site.

1. With Linda Aksomitis
Travel Writer/Photojournalist
http://guide2travel.ca and http://aksomitis.com

2. What’s a glacier anyway?
 Fallen snow that has packed down in
layers over time
 Snow layers have turned to ice
 Glaciers flow like rivers due to their large
mass

3. Kaskawulsh Glacier in the
Yukon

4. Glaciers & Ice Ages
 Right now glaciers make up about 10% of
earth’s land mass
 Glaciers are remnants of the last ice age
 During the last ice age ice covered 32% of
land and 30% of oceans
 During last ice age glacial ice sheets
extended from the poles over most of
Canada
 Over past 750,000 years, 8 ice age cycles
 Another ice age is due

5. My Yukon Kluane Glacier Tours
adventure – Sifton Air, Haines Junction
http://www.yukonairtours.com/

6. Google Maps screen capture –
Mount Logan

7. Pilot – Marie Young (from
France)

8. Leaving Haines Junction

9. Into the mountains

10. Peaks above the clouds

11. Kluane National Park

12. Kluane National Park and
Reserve
 Made a World Heritage site in 1979 for
its glaciers & icefields
 Important for grizzly bear, caribou, dall
sheep
 61°00′00″N 138°00′00″W
 22,013 km²
 Nearest centre—Haines Junction

13. Mount Logan
 Highest peak in Canada (2nd in North
America)
 Still rising, but current height of 5,959
metres (19,551 ft)
 Located in Kluane
 Believed to have the largest base
circumference of any non-volcanic
mountain on Earth

14. Kluane Glacier

15. Kluane

18. About Kluane Glacier
 It’s a valley glacier
 Stretches 24 to 32 km towards ice fields
 Covers nearly 60 sq. km
 Snow is major source feeding this
glacier
 A slow moving glacier

20. Creating our own avalanche

21. Flying between mountains

25. Kluane Lake

26. Plan your trip!
 http://www.yukonairtours.com/
 Kluane Glacier Tours
Toll Free: 1-888- 634-2916
(867) 634-2916 Phone
(867) 634-2034 Fax
kluaneglacierairtours@yahoo.ca