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PAGE 9 of Our Picture Tour - Icefields Parkway
Edmonton - Jasper - Maligne Lake - Icefields Parkway - Athabasca Glacier - Lake Louise - Banff - Badlands

Continue South on the Icefields Parkway. Come upon the Athabasca Glacier, part of one of the largest Icefields in the World (Columbia Icefields). The fields are so massive that the entire population of North America could stand on them at the same time. Learn how they are grinding rocks and what effect the rock flour has on the lakes below. Admire the peak that is a triple continental divide. This is the only spot in the world that feeds three rivers that flow to three different oceans (Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific).
Our massive Sno-Coaches will ferry us to the base of Athabasca Glacier. Bring your sunglasses as the bright white of this area is intense. Look at the blue ice of the ice formed during the last ice age.
	The massive ice formation is slowly slipping downhill while at the same time receding as it melts. Your guide on the Sno-Coach will fill you in on the fascinating story of this phenomenon and the other stories that make this area so interesting.
Bring lots of film and your sunglasses! With overnight at Chateau Lake Louise