Glacier National Park Offers More Than Glaciers
(World News USA)

There was a time -- in this northwest corner of Montana -- when glaciers ruled the land. Crown of the Continent The abundance of the massive rivers of ice -- and their runoff -- created `a land of striking scenery.` That`s how American anthropologist, historian, naturalist and writer George Bird Grinnell described Glacier National Park, nine years before the land was set aside as a national park on May 11, 1910. Today, there are far fewer icy behemoths. And they´re all shrinking. `There are currently 26 glaciers in Glacier National Park,` says national parks traveler Mikah Meyer.  `I can`t remember the exact number that there were when it...