Flying over Columbia Glacier shows the scale of change in real time. Stretching more than 30 miles, it’s one of Alaska’s largest tidewater glaciers. Every day, millions of tons of ice calve into Prince William Sound as the glacier continues a retreat that began in the 1980s… now more than 15 miles. Once moving at speeds up to 98 feet per day, the glacier now flows around 25 feet daily… carrying centuries-old ice to the face where it breaks away and drifts out as floating icebergs. #ValdezAlaska

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