The Angel Glacier flows down the north face of Mount Edith Cavell in Jasper National Park Canada. It is named as such because it has the appearance of an angel with out-swept wings. It was much larger when it was named in the 19th-century but as with most glaciers worldwide it is melting rapidly.
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