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A nature filmmaker’s footage of a hike in the Canadian Rockies has gone viral for highlighting what appears to be the effects of climate change on glaciers there.

Keith Egglefield’s video, shared to the TikTok account @ramblecanada, shows people heading up a mountain trail in Alberta, with on-screen text that reads: “Let’s hike up to the glaciers behind Lake Louise!”

But the scene quickly shifts and the camera pans to an empty, rocky terrain, another overlaid caption says “What glaciers?,” noting the stark absence of visible ice.

“This was taken on the Plain of Six Glaciers hike, which takes you behind Lake Louise up to the glaciers that feed the lake,” Egglefield, a Vancouver-based environmental videographer and content creator, told Newsweek. “But even to me as a first-timer, I was a bit shocked by how small they seemed.”

Screenshots from a viral TikTok video captured by @ramblecanada. The footage showcases the absence of visible ice …

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