In many ways, itвЂ™s already a dead glacier.

вЂњIf current trends continue,вЂќ says Gadd, вЂњI donвЂ™t expect there to be an Athabasca Glacier in my lifetime, or my kidsвЂ™ lifetime. вЂњA stark warning,вЂќ he says, вЂњof the quickening pace of global warming.вЂќ

Today, the ice has receded so much that visitors must hike for an hour just to reach the outer edge. He remembered how the walk from the parking lot to the Athabasca Glacier used to take just a few minutes. Populated with flying insects and microscopic organisms called bio-films, the survival of these organisms within the ice challenges our understanding of the limits of life in colder spaces.ДЄfter the climb, Gadd reflected back on his boyhood trips to the glacier in the 1970s. Once inside and more than 100 m into the glacier, the team discovered a mini-ecosystem. The team entered through a moulin, a vertical tunnel in the glacierвЂ™s surface formed by water moving through cracks in the ice. In December of 2017, Gadd successfully descending into the glacier as a member of a 10-person team of explorers, scientists, photographers, educators, and career adventurers assembled by the Canada Museum of Science and Technology. To be honest, based on my experience in Greenland I wasnвЂ™t expecting much.вЂќ вЂњWith the Athabasca Glacier, I had very little expectations going in I really had no idea what to expect. In 2016, Gadd attempted to explore inside a glacier in Greenland but the ice was too unstable and restricted his passage to only a few metres.

вЂњIвЂ™ve been inside half a dozen glaciers, but none of them were like this,вЂќ he says. вЂњWhen I heard about this trip, it was one of the most exciting moments of my life because I was literally going somewhere no one had gone before,вЂќ says the 50-year-old Gadd.ДЇor Gadd, The Athabasca expedition was different from his previous climbs. This historic climb was conceptualized and organized by the Canada Museum of Science and TechnologyвЂ™s LetвЂ™s Talk Energy team to help them learn more about the glacier, and foster awareness about the real-world impact of climate change in Canada. Despite these accomplishments, Gadd never predicted he would one day be a part of the first-ever scientific expedition to climb inside CanadaвЂ™s Athabasca Glacier. In the 30 years since these boyhood trips, GaddвЂ™s career has had its share of firsts including a world-distance paragliding record, and becoming the first person to climb the frozen waters of Niagara Falls. In addition to nurturing GaddвЂ™s life-long affection for the outdoors, these father-son trips to the glacier cultivated his love of adventure and paved the way to his career as an award-winning, extreme sport athlete, a world-renowned adventurer, and a Red Bull-sponsored ice-climber. By creating this comparison cross sectional analysis, my honours thesis creates a more complete analysis of the Canadian youth sports landscape.Growing up in Calgary, Will Gadd often accompanied his geologist father to the Canadian Rockies to explore the most accessible вЂ“ and perhaps most famous вЂ“ body of ice in North America: the Athabasca Glacier. None of the previous literature I examined compared variances in hockey participation to variances in other sports. I focus on hockey participation specifically however, in order to see how hockey participation may have changed with regard to the various factors mentioned above, I examine youth participation rates for the four other most popular sports played by Canadian children in 2010. Using Statistics CanadaвЂ™s General Social Survey from 19, this honours thesis examines how youth sports participation may have changed over time by gender, age, and social class. If the boys arenвЂ™t playing hockey, what are they playing, if they do play sports? What might affect these participation rates? Is class an issue? Are youth sports simply becoming too expensive for the average Canadian family? My research addresses these questions. It is the quintessential Canadian sport, and yet previous literature suggests that fewer Canadian boys are playing hockey now, while more girls are playing hockey than ever before. Many Canadian children of all backgrounds play hockey. Picture your local community, and chances are you will see two things: a hockey arena and an outdoor rink.

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