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Small path to the cliff over the Yukon

Kluane National Park and Reserve is located in the Yukon Province and borders British Columbia and Alaska. The national park was established in 1976 and protects more than 22,000 km2 of Canada's Northern Coastal Mountains. Kluane and adjacent Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in Alaska were jointly designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Kluane National Park is home to Canada's highest mountains, including Mount Logan (5,959 m), Canada's highest peak. The park features the world's largest non-polar ice fields, covering almost half of the park. https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/yt/kluane/visit/cartes-maps/PNR-Kluane-NPR https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/yt/kluane http://parkscanadahistory.com/publications/fact-sheets/eng/kluane.pdf

The 'Kaskawulsh Glacier' is a huge glacier in the 'St. Elias Mountain Range'. It covers an area of more than 39,000 km2 and consists of two converging outlet glaciers that are more than 6 km wide. The glacial water flows into two major river valleys, the Slims River and the Kaskawulsh River. Due to the retreat of the glacier, however, only a small amount of meltwater has flowed into the Slims River since spring 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaskawulsh_Glacier https://eros.usgs.gov/media-gallery/image-of-the-week/kaskawulsh-glacier-canada

The path to 'King's Throne', a basin below the summit, is steep, unpaved and unmarked. Snow conditions in spring, even in the lower regions, make the ascent difficult. https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/yt/kluane/activ/randonnee-hiking/kings-throne

'Carcross Desert' is located on the 'Klondike Highway'. The "desert" is a dune landscape with an area of approx. 2.5 km2. The dunes formed after the last ice age, after a large glacial lake dried up. Efforts by the Yukon provincial government to place the dunes under protection failed due to resistance from the local population. Judging by the wheel tracks in the sand, the dunes are used for recreation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcross_Desert

The Five Finger Rapids is a rock formation in the Yukon River in Yukon, Canada, 20 km downstream from Carmacks on the Klondike Highway. Four basalt rock pillars divided the river into five rapids, the "fingers". The Tutchone call the rapids Tthi-chò nädezhé, which means "rocks that stand in the water". The rapids have been known as Five Finger Rapids since the 1880s, when gold prospectors on the way to Alaska and Dawson on the Klondike began to use the Yukon as a transportation route. The Rapids were a dangerous obstacle on which many lost their belongings. Paddle steamers used winches and steel cables to maneuver through the rapids. One of the pillars has now been removed by blasting, making the Rapids largely passable for ships. (Source: Wikipedia)

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