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Therefore the MXD series from the snag material at the Icefield site was combined with the living spruce material from the Sunwapta site to produce the chronology used in this paper.

The Alberta Site in Esper 2002 « Climate Audit 2006

L97 mentions that only one living tree 1778-1991 was sampled for MXD at the Icefield snag site; this corresponds to tree 92140 in cana179w.

The Alberta Site in Esper 2002 « Climate Audit 2006

Unusually for a dendro study, L97 Figure 1 provides a site map showing the general location of the Sunwapta, Icefield, Ancient Forest and Athadome sites on a readable scale.

The Alberta Site in Esper 2002 « Climate Audit 2006

L97 says that the Icefield snag material consisted of 38 trees 2 Pinus, 14 Abies, 22 PCEN.

The Alberta Site in Esper 2002 « Climate Audit 2006

L97 says that chronology was constructed using a “composite of snags from the Icefield site and living spruce trees from the Sunwapta, Icefield, Ancient Forest and Athadome sites” p.

The Alberta Site in Esper 2002 « Climate Audit 2006

For instance in Patagonia (where I work) only a few glaciers are being actively studied (probably one or two from the North Patagonian Icefield), but it is clear that the rest are also in recession.

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Few of the snag records extend into the 19th century and only one living tree 1778-1991 was sampled for MXD at the Icefield site.

The Alberta Site in Esper 2002 « Climate Audit 2006

Luckman and Wilson 2005 Table 1 show on the next line a reference to more sampling of Icefield snag data yielding 124 cores going from 1083 to 1898.

The Alberta Site in Esper 2002 « Climate Audit 2006

The natural drama of the view -- the 1,500-square-mile Juneau Icefield and the Mendenhall Towers, a group of spires rising out of the frozen plain to a height of 5,900 feet, provide the backdrop -- never fails to repay the hiker for the strenuous climb.

Scaling Alaska's Heights 1997

Jasper National Park, including the famous Icefield Parkway, one of the most famous drives on earth.

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