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Mainly of Alaska’s glaciers are retreating or thinning or mutually, a new book by the U.S. Geological Survey news.

About 5 percent of Alaska’s area is enclosed by more than 100,000 glaciers — that’s about 29,000 square miles (75,000 square kilometers), or more than the entire state of West Virginia.

While a few of Alaska’s large glaciers are advancing, 99 percent are receding, the book, “Glaciers in Alaska,” states. The book was written by USGS examine geologist Bruce Molina.

A USGS project to take pictures of the glaciers of Montana’s Glacier National Park also showed significant retreat. Based on these photos and glacier recession rates, scientists envisaged the park could lose its namesakes by 2030.

Greenland, which is covered by more ice than somewhere else in the world outside Antarctica, has also seen significant melt of its glaciers in recent decades.

The new book on Alaska’s glaciers used satellite images, aerial photos, maps and other studies to document the retreat of the glaciers, which began as early as the mid-19th century. Some glaciers have even disappeared since being mapped in the mid-20th century, the report found.

The account also said that glaciers in Alaska saw “important retreat” in the last two decades of the 20th century.

There are several ways of getting around Europe; by plane, by train, by car and by public transportation within a city. Flying proves to be quicker cutting precious travel time and Europe has several low-fare carriers. But often times they are located in airports outside the city’s center, so make sure to factor in time and cost of getting from these airports to your destination. Europe has efficient train systems and you can purchase a multi-country pass or a point to point pass. Renting cars can be more economical compared to the above two but using the public transportation can be more efficient and economical with Europe’s excellent public transportation system.

Resource: Fifteen Ways to cut your European travel costs (www.smartertravel.com)

You may find it rather exhausting to book flights, arranged schedules and look for the best price for your European destination trip but it can pay off. Jessica Labrencis mentioned in her article, Fifteen Ways to cut your European Travel Costs, that to save on European trips you need to book an open-jaw flight and you should be diligent in comparing fares. When planning to visit two countries in Europe, an open-jaw flight would mean booking a flight that arrives in one city and departs from another. This will save you the hassle of returning to the city you arrive at for your return flight.

According to Jessica Labrencis’ article entitled Fifteen Ways to cut your European travel costs (www.smartertravel.com) , travelling in off season is the best way, she even mentioned hands down, to save on your European flights. Less expensive flights can be expected during the months of November through February. These are the times wherein the weather turns cold and gray and these are the times when fares drop as compared to spring, summer or fall. There are certain travel “dead periods” during off season such as weeks after thanksgiving but before Christmas and a week following New Years day. With these periods you may be able to save more.

Many people love to travel. If asked about their dreams, most people would have travel included in it. However, for every travel there is a hefty price tag attached to it. And a great way to travel is to explore Europe, but how do we cut the cost? I was browsing the internet and I stumbled upon the website www.smartertravel.com wherein they featured an article dated April 10, 2006 by Jessica Labrencis entitled Fifteen Ways to cut your Europe travel costs. In the next entries, we will be discussing those helpful 15’s as we plan our European destination travels.