The Icefields Parkway linking Jasper and Banff national parks in western Canada is a star. It’s a high-altitude 138-mile roadway along the spine of the Canadian Rockies with towering mountains, ...

A welcome rain was falling Friday over parts of western Canada, where wildfires have been devastating some of the most beautiful natural landscapes in the country – and the world. Two fires moving at ...

Three people died and 24 were injured after their sightseeing bus rolled over in Canada’s Jasper National Park, authorities and tour officials said Sunday. The all-terrain "Ice Explorer" was on its ...

Arctic and Alpine Research, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Feb., 1988), pp. 40-54 (16 pages) Little Ice Age moraines at Athabasca and Dome glaciers, Alberta, Canada, were dated using dendrogeomorphic techniques and ...

I went because: To see the beauty of the Canadian Rockies and get a chance to walk on a glacier. Don't miss: Taking a bus tour on the Athabasca Glacier. The big-wheeled vehicles drive you right over ...

It is a harsh truth of nature that some of the most picturesque views on planet Earth are incredibly dangerous and may only be available for a limited time. Glaciers are bodies of snow that compress ...

JASPER, Alberta — If you drive north from Lake Louise for an hour and a half, you will come to the Columbia Icefields, a sprawl of glaciers along the Continental Divide with fingers reaching out into ...

1. Runners travel more than 150 miles in an annual desert race called the Gobi March. This race takes place south of Mongolia in which Asian country? 2. Bicyclists enjoy paths around Lake Constance, a ...

As if the drive along the picturesque icefield between Banff and Jasper national parks in Canada’s magnificent Rockies, wasn’t spectacular enough, you can now stop and stay at the newly refurbished ...

The Icefields Parkway linking Jasper and Banff national parks in western Canada is a star. It's a high-altitude 138-mile roadway along the spine of the Canadian Rockies with towering mountains, ...