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| Nathan and I at Sperry Glacier. Summer of 2014 |
My name is Seth Eagleton, husband, dad, photographer, truth-seeker, mountain goat-in-training. I was raised in Northwest Montana and although living here isn't always easy I can't seem to find a reason to leave greater than my reasons for staying.
A few more years ago than I care to admit I fell in love with a small slice of Montana called Glacier National Park. About that time I was experimenting with photography and as you can imagine those two things compliment each other well. I've been all over Glacier and I claim it as my home. Not long after I fell in love with the Park a seed was planted on a backpacking trip that has grown into what is now the Glacier Preservation Project. My mission is to photograph the remaining 25 glaciers inside of Glacier National Park before we lose them forever. I realized the necessity of this project while working for Glacier Park, Inc. as their social media coordinator about a year ago. There are many times that the elements of our lives don't make much sense at the time that they are playing out. In the last few years I have seen quite a bit of what I'm talking about in my own life. I was making a nice living as a wedding photographer when the economy did its little thing a few years back and it became increasingly difficult to support my family of 8. I took an unwanted part time job as this social media coordinator which as it turned out helped me formulate this undertaking. Who knew, right? I had a boss who was merciless on my grammar and as a result my writing skills progressed to where they needed to be for this type of thing. Well, almost.
My plan is to use my social media platforms to allow all my friends (that would be you and anyone else interested in the preservation of these unique features of our nation's crown jewel) to join in my family's journey. The experts at the USGS tell us that by 2020 we will not have any more viable glaciers inside of Glacier National Park so their is a sense of urgency for all of us. Most of the glaciers are not accessible by trail and the National Park Service will not allow helicopter drops or low level aerial photography, so my own two legs are the only method of transportation. Once we have captured these sleeping giants through photography, we will publish a coffee table book full of images by winter of 2016 which will have 25 chapters dedicated to the remaining 25 glaciers.
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