Today in class we talked about glacier mass balance..like how much last winter's snow melts in the summer (the accumulation zone). In the late summer you can see it on the glacier..there's the ice and then there's this area filled with snow. If there's a big accumulation area, the glacier's healthy. If there's not much accumulation, the glacier isn't. When I got home I looked through my pics to see if I had any showing the accumulation/ice thing. I'll post one of mine and one I found online. We also talked about how they measure it by poking a stick in the glacier in the winter and see how deep the snow is (they do that on Gulkana Glacier). They can do it from a plane using computers too. That's totally what I want to do..that sounds so interesting!

John hasn't said anything more about going out..I hope it stays that way. Thanks for the advice on that entry too :)

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Would you rather for the rest of your life, choose the same drink and the same meal to ingest every time you eat or have someone else always choose what you eat? Have someone else choose

Today's trivia: The holes in flyswatters are used to lower air resistance