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Dan J Smith

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Retired @UVicGeog Dendroglaciologist

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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Manatee Glacier, in Upper Lillooet Provincial Park. Manatee Group, Pacific Ranges. July 25, 2007.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Oval Glacier. Mt Waddington area, Pacific Ranges, British Columbia. July 15, 2000.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Terminus of Mantle Glacier in the Homathko Icefield area. Reliance Range, Pacific Ranges, British Columbia Coast Mountains. July 19, 2017.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Retreating snout of unnamed glacier emerging from a hanging valley located above Silverthrone Glacier. Heiltsuk Icefield area, Pacific Ranges, British Columbia Coast Mountains. July 5, 2020.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | View up East Knipple Glacier. The glacier is ca. 0.6 km wide and the snowy summit (ca. 2130 m) in the distant background is 8 km away. Upper Bowser River valley, Southern Boundary Ranges, northern British Columbia Coast Mountains. July 16, 2013.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | View of retreating terminus of Todd Glacier in the Upper Bowser River watershed, Boundary Ranges, northern British Columbia Coast Mountains. July 14, 2004.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers |View down Franklin Glacier from accumulation area below Mount Waddington. In the distance Repose (L) and Dauntless (R) glaciers flow down from the Whitemantle Range to converge with Franklin Glacier. Pacific Ranges, British Columbia Coast Mountains. July 19, 2013.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Splendor Glacier flowing from the northeastern flank of the Jubilee Mountain massif. The glacier turns abruptly as it is converges with Confederation Glacier in the trunk valley. Waddington Range, Pacific Ranges. July 19, 2008.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers |The snout position and character of Breccia Glacier, a former tributary to Confederation Glacier in the trunk valley. Waddington Range, Pacific Ranges, British Columbia Coast Mountains. July 13, 2008.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Western reaches of the Pemberton Icefield, the southernmost large icefield in the Pacific Ranges. July 26, 2007.
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Pemberton Icefield, the southernmost large icefield in the Pacific Ranges. July 26, 2007.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Oluk Glacier in the headwaters of Manatee Creek. Upper Lillooet Icefield Provincial Park, Pacific Ranges, BC Coast Mountains. July 28, 2006.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Orca Glacier in the headwaters of Manatee Creek. Lillooet Icefield area, Pacific Ranges, BC Coast Mountains. July 22, 2006.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Unnamed glacier and summits in the headwaters of the Sphaler River. Boundary Ranges, Northern BC Coast Mountains. July 4, 2006.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Terminus area of Meringue Glacier (unofficial name). The glacier loses over 1000 m of elevation as it flows downwards 4 km from the northern perimeter of the Andrei Icefield to the Sphaler River valley. Boundary Ranges, Northern BC Coast Mountains. July 3, 2005.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | View westward up More Glacier. Located on the northeastern periphery of the Andrei Icefield, the glacier is isolated from the icefield by the summit ridgeline in the distance. Boundary Ranges, Northern British Columbia Coast Mountains. July 2, 2006.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | View from Andrei Glacier nunatak to Forrest Kerr Glacier. Hidden in the distant clouds is Hoodoo Mountain, a 3 km wide stratovolcano that formed subglacially during the Quaternary and remains potentially active. Andrei Icefield, Boundary Ranges. July 16, 2006.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Forrest Kerr Glacier. Andrei Icefield, Boundary Ranges. July 25, 2004.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
| BC Coast Mountain Glaciers | View from Pattullo Glacier lateral moraine. The glacier completely filled the basin in ca. 1850. By 1964, in a much diminished state, the glacier snout extended to the nearest shoreline of the lake in the distance. Pattullo Range, Hazelton Mountains. July 7, 2010.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
| BC Coast Mountain Glaciers | Pattullo Glacier beneath snow-capped Tsaydaychuz Peak (2758 m) in Tweedsmuir Provincial Park about 70 km north of Bella Coola. Pattullo Range, Hazelton Mountains, Kitimat Ranges. July 6, 2010.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
| Vancouver Island Glaciers | A high angle view of Moving Glacier that just a few decades before extended well into Milla Lake. At the time it still existed, but only as two discrete ice patches below Argus Mountain. Strathcona Provincial Park, Insular Mountains, British Columbia. August 4, 1993.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
| Canadian Rockies Glaciers | The terminus of the Athabasca Glacier in 2007. The snout has receded some 250 m since the photograph was taken, and a substantial portion now terminates in an ice-proximal lake. Columbia Icefield area, Jasper National Park. September 2007.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
| Canadian Rockies Glaciers | The snout of the Saskatchewan Glacier beckons in the early morning sunshine. The summit in the left centre background is Mount Castleguard (3083 m). Columbia Icefield area, Banff National Park, Canadian Rocky Mountains. September 2005.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
| Canadian Rockies Glaciers | The demise of Rae Glacier. Shown is the rapid transition from 1985; to 1990 when repetitive negative mass balance years decimated the remaining mass of ice; and finally, to 2024, when all that was left were scant remnants of ice on the cirque backwall. RIP Rae Glacier.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 26/02/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Bridge Glacier. The upper reaches of Bridge Glacier form part of the Lillooet Icefield. Bridge-Lillooet Divide, Pacific Ranges. September 15, 2017.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 16/02/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Ethelweard Glacier. Summit on right is Mt Ethelweard (2819 m). Athelney Pass area, Bridge-Lillooet Divide, Pacific Ranges. July 27, 2005.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 15/02/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Cambria Icefield. Boundary Ranges, southeast of Stewart, northwestern British Columbia. Pacific Ranges. July 24, 2008.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 14/02/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Bell Glacier. The upper reaches of Bell Glacier below the Finality Icefield. Summit on the left skyline is Mt Chris Spencer (3009 m). Waddington Range, Pacific Ranges. July 3, 2018.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 13/02/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Hoodoo Glacier. Located in a cirque on the southwestern slopes of Finality Peak, meltwater from the glacier flows down Hoodoo Creek to join the Klinaklini River. Waddington Range, Pacific Ranges. July 11, 2018.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 12/02/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Essex Glacier (unofficial name). Located in cirque north of Mt Essex, with drainage flowing into Mantle Creek. Niut Range, Pacific Ranges. July 22, 2017.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 12/02/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Waddington Glacier. Comparative photographs showing mid-glacier condition of Waddington Glacier in 1926 by Don and Phyllis Munday and in 2017 by Team UVTRL. Munday Range, Pacific Ranges. July 8, 2017.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 30/01/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Bench Glacier. Site of a short-term mass balance research program operated by BC Hydro in the 1970s and 1980s. Homathko River valley, Niut Range, Pacific Ranges. July 5, 2017.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 29/01/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | More Glacier. Ascending a tributary glacier that merged with distant More Glacier during the Little Ice Age. Andrei Icefield area, Boundary Ranges. July 11, 2005.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 28/01/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Tiedemann Glacier. The furthest down valley LIA position shown: in an 1868 etching from a London newspaper; in a 1922 photo showing the tree-covered terminal moraine; and, in a 2000 photo taken at the terminal moraine location. Mt Waddington area, Pacific Ranges.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 27/01/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Bridge Glacier 'Two'. Bridge Glacier bifurcates upstream of the 'nunatak' on the left. Shown is the northern tongue of ice that only recently separated from Bridge Glacier just visible in the bottom left. Lillooet Icefield area, Pacific Ranges, July 5, 2002.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 27/01/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Canoe Glacier. Headwaters of the Bowser River, Frank Mackie Icefield area, Northern Pacific Ranges. July 10, 2013.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 25/01/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Jacobsen Glacier. Team UVTRL negotiates the slippery ice surface without the benefit of crampons. Summit in background is Mount Jacobsen (3031 m). Monarch Icefield area, Northern Pacific Ranges. July 18, 2010.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 24/01/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Perkins Glacier. Pantheon Range, Pacific Ranges. July 5, 2013.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 23/01/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Orca Glacier. With temperatures approaching 30 C at mid-day, it was a nice feature to have in the backyard of Team UVTRL's kitchen. Headwaters of Manatee Creek, Upper Lillooet Provincial Park. Pacific Ranges. August 1, 2006.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 22/01/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Andrei Glacier. Distal slope of Little Ice Age lateral moraine in foreground. Elevation of unnamed summit in background ca. 2100 m. Andrei Icefield area. Boundary Ranges. July 18, 2006.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 21/01/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Moving Glacier. All that remained of the glacier was a triangular partially snow-covered sliver of ice on the backwall above Milla Lake. Summit on extreme left is Mt Arthur Evans (ca. 1965 m). Strathcona Provincial Park, Vancouver Island Ranges. June 23, 1993.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 20/01/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Sulphurets Glacier. Meltwater from the glacier flows northeast to the Unuk River. Northern end of Frank Mackie Icefield, Boundary Ranges. July 18, 2006.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 19/01/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Bridge Glacier. Changes in the character of the retreating snout over a 13 year period and the emergence of Bridge Lake. Lillooet Icefield area. Pacific Ranges. July 5, 2002 and July 23, 2015.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Frank Mackie Glacier. Dendroglaciological investigations of moraines at the site in 2005 by Team UVTRL showed that the glacier advanced into standing forests ca. 3500, 2400, 1500, 700 and 150 years ago. Frank Mackie Icefield area. Boundary Ranges. July 17, 2013.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 17/01/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Silverthrone Glacier. UVTRL research camp above Silverthrone Glacier, close to confluence with Klinaklini Glacier in distant background. Ha-Iltzuk Icefield area, central Pacific Ranges. July 24, 2021.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 16/01/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | White Glacier. Cambria Icefield, Boundary Ranges. July 27, 2008.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 15/01/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Snout of Andrei Glacier. Andrei Icefield, Boundary Ranges. July 17, 2006.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 14/01/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Queen Bess Glacier. Team UVTRL research camp. Abundant dendroglaciological discoveries provided evidence of a significant advance of the glacier into a standing forest 1600 years ago. Homathko Icefield, Pacific Ranges, July 6, 2012.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 13/01/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Bess Glacier, northern branch flowing from northeast face of Mount Queen Bess. Meltwater from the glacier drains into the west fork of the Nostetuko River. Niut Range, Pacific Ranges, July 5, 2008.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 12/01/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Icemaker Glacier. Team UVTRL discovered the remains of sheared stumps close the ice front. Exposed by recent recession, the trees were killed by an advance 6500 yrs ago. Summit in background is Mount Ethelweard (2819 m). Athlenay Pass, Pacific Ranges, July 26, 2005.
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Dan J Smith @hemlock932.bsky.social · 11/01/2024
| B.C. Coast Mountain Glaciers | Forrest Kerr Glacier. One of the more 'interesting' campsites that Team UVTRL ever occupied. Andrei Icefield, Boundary Ranges. July 25, 2004.
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