Messages In Ice

Mendenhall in winter, 

frozen Mendenhall Lake in foreground

creative commons attribution - share 

As your icefields melt,

an ancient forest

is revealed,

voices from

another time.

Ice Forest by Abby Lowell, Juneau Empire

I googled the glacier, and discovered the retreating ice has bared the remains of an ancient forest, tree remains between one and two thousand years old, now being exposed to the air for the first time since  the advancing glacier swallowed them up. Wow.

The short poem above is all that came, after which I was speechless, so in awe I couldnt think of another word.

posted for Hannah's prompt at Real Toads -  Hungry and Haunted: The Mendenhall Ice Caves

Do check the links at Toads. There should be some intriguing responses!

sources:

http://frontierscientists.com/2013/09/forest-revealed-under-glacial-ice/

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-09-13/ancient-trees-emerge-frozen-forest-tomb#.UmFx73CsjlM