Planet and is the source area for hundreds of glaciers. The juno icefield Research Program, or jirp, has been studying these mighty rivers of ice since 1946 to better understand how our planets natural environments are changing and what this means to our common future. And actually theres a little bit of complexity as to why we use glacier ice. I came here as a science student 23 years ago and returned to work here this summer as a parttime staff member. Like other jirpers, as we call ourselves, this project launched my interest in the Natural World and continues to inspire my science reporting. Each year a group of science researchers crosses this vast area like i did, getting a chance to learn how to survive and conduct research in this, one of the most wild classrooms in north america. Supported and staffed by the foundation for glacier and environmental research, the juno icefield Research Program has some of the longestrunning glacial climate records in the world and is a treasure
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