Randall Carlson

Because if you chart the drumlin swarms under the ice sheet, what you see is that there are epicenters of melting. Like we can go up to the Nechaco Plateau, which is Prince George, British Columbia. That was an epicenter of melting. And we can follow the paths of that meltwater, which I've done now, through all of these north-south trending river valleys, and they all converge on the same area.

Because if you chart the drumlin swarms under the ice sheet, what you see is that there are epicenters of melting. Like we can go up to the Nechaco Plateau, which is Prince George, British Columbia. That was an epicenter of melting. And we can follow the paths of that meltwater, which I've done now, through all of these north-south trending river valleys, and they all converge on the same area.

And there's other areas that can be identified that see normally you would presume just like with the little ice age glaciers they're melting back from the margin and they recede generally from the north to the uh from the south towards the north Yes, there was recession from the margins, but on the other hand, there were epicenters of melting.

And there's other areas that can be identified that see normally you would presume just like with the little ice age glaciers they're melting back from the margin and they recede generally from the north to the uh from the south towards the north Yes, there was recession from the margins, but on the other hand, there were epicenters of melting.

And there's other areas that can be identified that see normally you would presume just like with the little ice age glaciers they're melting back from the margin and they recede generally from the north to the uh from the south towards the north Yes, there was recession from the margins, but on the other hand, there were epicenters of melting.

There were hundreds of miles, even like a thousand miles removed from the margin of the ice sheet. Why would you have ice melting, you know, a thousand miles up under the center of the ice sheet? Right. It's weird. It would require an input of energy of some kind at that point. Yep. There we go. Now that Ryan's pulled that up, that's interesting that you've got that.

There were hundreds of miles, even like a thousand miles removed from the margin of the ice sheet. Why would you have ice melting, you know, a thousand miles up under the center of the ice sheet? Right. It's weird. It would require an input of energy of some kind at that point. Yep. There we go. Now that Ryan's pulled that up, that's interesting that you've got that.

There were hundreds of miles, even like a thousand miles removed from the margin of the ice sheet. Why would you have ice melting, you know, a thousand miles up under the center of the ice sheet? Right. It's weird. It would require an input of energy of some kind at that point. Yep. There we go. Now that Ryan's pulled that up, that's interesting that you've got that.

If you zoom in and you look at those, so that's the plateau area, plateau country up there. And look at those valleys. You see how they're more or less north-south trending. That Rocky Mountain Trench is that long, linear feature. Yes. Follow that down. Keep going. Yeah. And it's terminus. It'll be at Flathead Lake.

If you zoom in and you look at those, so that's the plateau area, plateau country up there. And look at those valleys. You see how they're more or less north-south trending. That Rocky Mountain Trench is that long, linear feature. Yes. Follow that down. Keep going. Yeah. And it's terminus. It'll be at Flathead Lake.

If you zoom in and you look at those, so that's the plateau area, plateau country up there. And look at those valleys. You see how they're more or less north-south trending. That Rocky Mountain Trench is that long, linear feature. Yes. Follow that down. Keep going. Yeah. And it's terminus. It'll be at Flathead Lake.

right there and at the south end of flathead lake you see the town of polson zoom in and you'll see that it's see that that's terminal mooring right there and that terminal mooring has been breached by the flathead river but all that hummocky stuff that's terminal mooring then you go south of there in mission valley where it's more or less flat that's all glacial outwash

right there and at the south end of flathead lake you see the town of polson zoom in and you'll see that it's see that that's terminal mooring right there and that terminal mooring has been breached by the flathead river but all that hummocky stuff that's terminal mooring then you go south of there in mission valley where it's more or less flat that's all glacial outwash

right there and at the south end of flathead lake you see the town of polson zoom in and you'll see that it's see that that's terminal mooring right there and that terminal mooring has been breached by the flathead river but all that hummocky stuff that's terminal mooring then you go south of there in mission valley where it's more or less flat that's all glacial outwash

Come over to the west, Camas Prairie, which is that open circular kind of basin. Come to the east a little bit. You're almost there. Right, yeah, go north. Yeah, there you are, Camas Prairie. Zoom in there. And now go down to your satellite view. You're going to see something pretty remarkable. Now go zoom in and start scrolling up to the north. Stop right there and you'll see Highway 382.

Come over to the west, Camas Prairie, which is that open circular kind of basin. Come to the east a little bit. You're almost there. Right, yeah, go north. Yeah, there you are, Camas Prairie. Zoom in there. And now go down to your satellite view. You're going to see something pretty remarkable. Now go zoom in and start scrolling up to the north. Stop right there and you'll see Highway 382.

Come over to the west, Camas Prairie, which is that open circular kind of basin. Come to the east a little bit. You're almost there. Right, yeah, go north. Yeah, there you are, Camas Prairie. Zoom in there. And now go down to your satellite view. You're going to see something pretty remarkable. Now go zoom in and start scrolling up to the north. Stop right there and you'll see Highway 382.

Yeah, zoom in right there. Look at there. Look at what you're looking at there. These are gigantic current ripples. Now, this is what led J.T. Pardee in his 1944 paper, I believe, which was the last paper he wrote, a scientific paper, after he had a long career at the U.S. Geological Survey. His first paper was published in 1910, and it was called Glacial Lake Missoula.

Yeah, zoom in right there. Look at there. Look at what you're looking at there. These are gigantic current ripples. Now, this is what led J.T. Pardee in his 1944 paper, I believe, which was the last paper he wrote, a scientific paper, after he had a long career at the U.S. Geological Survey. His first paper was published in 1910, and it was called Glacial Lake Missoula.

Yeah, zoom in right there. Look at there. Look at what you're looking at there. These are gigantic current ripples. Now, this is what led J.T. Pardee in his 1944 paper, I believe, which was the last paper he wrote, a scientific paper, after he had a long career at the U.S. Geological Survey. His first paper was published in 1910, and it was called Glacial Lake Missoula.