"In Vanoise, since the end of the ""Little Ice Age"" (around 1850), the glaciers have lost 50% of their total surface area. It is regretful to witness the disappearing glaciers, such as Coin, Goyard, Nants and those in the Fournache valley. The glaciers of the Dôme de la Vanoise total another 19.6 km², over the 40 km² a century and a half ago."