About 240 miles north of Anchorage, Alaska, is the Denali National Park. This 6-million-acre wildlife park contains a 34-mile long glacier known as the Muldrow named after Robert Muldrow (1864-1946), the US Geological surveyor who mapped it. Although glacial surges are short-lived cyclical events, there are questions about this surge causing the glacier to move 90 feet a day down toward the McKinley River.
Fortunately, the glacier will not move the 240 miles into Anchorage. It is still only 20 degrees in Denali (remember February?) but climate change does have a real impact here. It should have been colder and the surge should not have occurred.
Climate change begins with us both individually and societally. Coal firing plants and using plastic for almost everything. We must examine our daily habits and learn to act for the health of the planet, the place where we live. There is no Planet B.
Prayer for the Day
God of all good presence around us,
May our earth become sacred for it is to you;
Spirit of Life, open us to celebrate the gift of life,
So we can care for the goodness of a new day.
Give us purpose in our wanderings,
Open us to your wisdom and grant us your peace.
In the name of him who shares your peace with us,
Even Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.
Thoughts for the Day
Tectonic power and glacial force push and pull the geology, spreading it to its absolute limit, yet layered and rich with hues of darkness, immortality, and mysteries not meant for men.
Danielle Rohr, from Denali Skies
The glacier was God’s great plough
and as we look out on our spring gardens, remember Erick and Nick are still freezing in Alaska even as this planet warms.