To claim this as a find you will need to complete the three
tasks outlined below. Failure to complete the tasks may result in
the deletion of your log without notice.
The coordinates will bring you to a roadside sign describing
Swan Pond, which you’ll see across the road. Swan Pond is a kettle
pond, left behind at the end of the last ice age when the glaciers
receded from the area. The pond is a frequent stopover for Tundra
Swans as they migrate north in the spring, and is a valuable
wetlands area for other birds and mammals all year long.
There have been several ice ages throughout earth's history,
with the most recent series of glacial advances and retreats
lasting from about 100,000 to 10,000 years ago. As the last glacier
started to retreat large chunks of ice were calved - broken off
from the face of the glacier. As the glacier retreated farther,
rocks and debris from the glacier were washed over the ice chunk by
the melt water, burying it in the outwash. As the chunk of ice
melted the area above the ice started to sink below the level of
the surrounding land. When the ice was completely melted it left
behind a depression, called a kettle, in the landscape. If the
bottom of the kettle is below the water table, as it is at Swan
Pond, the depression becomes a kettle pond or kettle lake. If the
depression stays above the water table it's called a kettle
depression.
To claim this find you must complete the three tasks
below:
1. From the sign find the answer these two questions and
email your answer when posting your "found it" log:
a) How deep is Swan Pond?
b) How many streams keep Swan Pond filled with water?
2. How large do you think the chunk of ice was that created
Swan Pond? Email your estimate to me when posting your "found it"
log
3. BRING YOUR CAMERA. We would like a photo of your team
with your GPSr at Swan Pond. If you are solo caching, a photo of
your GPSr with enough of the location in the background that can be
identified, will also be accepted. Please upload your photo(s) with
your "found it" log. Please be careful taking your picture – the
nearby road can be busy at times.
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