The centerpiece of the
visitor center near the
east boundary is a large
three-dimensional diorama
showing lights going out
as the glaciers disappear.
Visitors press a button
to see the diorama lit up
like a Christmas tree in 1850,
then showing fewer and fewer l
ights until the diorama
goes completely dark.
In September 2018
the diorama
displayed a sign
saying GNP’s glaciers
were expected
to disappear
completely by 2020.
( see photo below )
Officials at Glacier National Park
quietly removed / altered signs,
and government literature,
which had told visitors the
the Park’s glaciers were
all expected to disappear
by either 2020 or 2030.
The lies have finally stopped.
Teams from Lysander Spooner
University visiting the Park
each September had noted
the most famous glaciers,
such as the Grinnell Glacier
and the Jackson Glacier,
appear to have been growing
- not shrinking - since about 2010.
The Jackson Glacier, visible from
the Going-To-The-Sun Highway,
may have grown as much
as 25%, or more, over the
past decade.
