A Drop in Time
May 15 - October 15, 2025
Glacier Gallery
Columbia Icefield Glacier Discovery Centre
open daily 10:30 am to 5:00 pm.
In honour of the 2025 United Nations International Year of Glacier Preservation, MELTDOWN showcases a powerful collection of fine art landscape photography by Jim Elzinga and Roger Vernon, drawing viewers deep into the heart of Canada’s glacial landscapes for an unparalleled immersive experience.
“We are giving this glorious landscape a voice – the ice and its guardian mountains stand mute; they cannot speak for themselves.”
CELEBRATE the grandeur and fragile beauty of the crowning glory of the Canadian Rockies: The Columbia Icefield
ILLUMINATE the meaning and significance of what is being lost
DISCOVER your place in the living systems that sustain us all
“Visionary artists and explorers whose lens paints stories of the frozen realms atop alpine peaks. With an unwavering passion for the majesty of the ice, they capture the ethereal beauty and timeless grace of alpine landscapes like no other.”
- Ric Noyle, Producer, PhotoCON Hawaii 2024
MELTDOWN will be a permanent exhibit in the Glacier Gallery. It will evolve over time with interactive, interpretive experiences that will draw people into a deeper, more meaningful experience of their place in the natural world.
also on displayLosing Blue
The short film. Losing Blue, by filmmaker Leanne Allison, will be screened in the Gallery’s theatre. Losing Blue is a cinematic poem that illuminates the impending loss of some of the most extraordinary blues on earth—the otherworldly blues of ancient mountain lakes.
2025 is the United Nations International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation.
We are uniquely privileged to be participating with Canada’s leading climate scientists as a vital communication arm in the planning for Canada’s participation in the 2025 UN International Year of Glacier Protection.