Climate Change and Glacial Recession
in Glacier National Park

Date(s): July 27-29, Friday - Sunday
Start Time: 8:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Age: 18+
Meeting Place: Field Camp
Activity Level: Strenuous
Instructor(s): Jeff Kuhn, M.S .
Course Fee: $300 includes two nights camping
Credits: 24 OPI
Student Limit: 9

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Currently, a great deal of scientific research is focused on documenting and understanding the causes and effects of global climate change.  The most obvious and easily observed of these effects is the radical recession of glaciers on a worldwide scale.  Mid-latitude glaciers, such as those in Glacier National Park, are some of the best and most easily observed indicators of climate change.  Experts predict that the Park’s remaining twenty-six named glaciers will disappear completely by 2030.  This course will explore the impact of climate change in Glacier National Park as evidenced by the Park’s glaciers.  Day hikes will be made to Grinnell Glacier in the Swiftcurrent Valley and Sperry Glacier (or an alternate glacier) in the McDonald Valley.