About a decade ago I
visited Glacier National Park in Montana, but didn’t see any glacier at
all! As
you may already know, most glaciers are shrinking or melting away
altogether due
to global warming. Nonetheless, there are still many glaciers spanning
across different
national parks in Alaska, such as Denali National Park, Kenai Fords
National
Park, and Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. After I returned from the Root
Glacier
in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, the hotel clerk asked me, “Is it
still
there?” I replied, “Yes” and she expressed relief at my positive
answer. You
might wonder why she worried so much, but this was a legitimate
concern. According
to a study published in 2019, Alaskan glaciers are melting 100 times
faster
than previously predicted. Therefore, I decided to visit Alaska before
the
situation gets worse.
