ask the water references the glacial processes that have shaped the mountain landscape surrounding the Town of Banff and the cycles of life created by repeated glaciation. Impressions of the surface of the Athabasca Glacier were cast in glass by the artist to capture the surface character of glacial ice on a microscale. The glass and Kootenay stone sculpture brings rarely seen impressions of the Athabasca Glacier to Bear Street to visualize a moment in the glacier’s evolving geological lifespan. ask the water offers people in Banff an opportunity to reflect on their surroundings in relation to the Rocky Mountain ecosystems that surround them.