Mountains of Ice
Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland
Credit: Stephanie Pappas
Ice Fields of Kilimanjaro
Credit: Dalia Kirschbaum, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center via Imaggeo
Briksdal Glacier
Credit: Jorge Mataix-Solera, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Elche - Alicante - Spain, via Imaggeo
Glacial Tunnel
Credit: Alex Gardner
Cold Camp
Credit: Zervas Efthimios, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece, via Imaggeo
Breiðamerkurjökull
Credit: Andreas Tille, Wikimedia Commons
Blue Lagoon
Credit: Stefan Wirtz, Trier University, Germany via Imaggeo
Fog & Ice
Credit: Qiao Liu, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment (IMHE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Alaskan Ice
Credit: Katrin Bentel, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, via Imaggeo
Bering Up
Credit: NASA Image by Robert Simmon, based on data provided by the Landsat 7 Science Team
The retreat of the Bering glacier, which has been ongoing since 1900, has the side effect of increasing the number of earthquakes in the area. The weight of the glacier once stabilized the boundary between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates, which meet along the Alaska coast. As the ice retreated, that compression disappeared, enabling the two plates to move against one another more freely.
Blue Melt
Credit: Romain Schläppy, Paris, France, via Imaggeo
Glacier Sunrise
Credit: R. Dwi Susanto, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, via Imaggeo
Argentine Ice
Credit: International Space Station. 2003 Upsala Glacier: From the Glacier Photograph Collection. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data
Ghosts in a Glacier
Credit: John Goodge
Iceberg Grotto
Credit: Photographic Archive, Alexander Turnbull Library
Giant Glacier
Credit: Mr. Fred Walton, NOAA
Ice Arch
Credit: Glenn Grant, National Science Foundation
Centuries of Ice
Credit: State Library of New South Wales
Cracked
Credit: Shad O’Neel, USGS
Aletsch Glacier
Credit: Frank Paul
Upsala Glacier
Credit: Etienne Berthier
Canadian Glacier
Credit: Alex Gardner
Upsala Glacier
Credit: Etienne Berthier
Perito Moreno Glacier
Credit: Etienne Berthier
Perito Moreno Elevation
Credit: Etienne Berthier
Digging Into a Glacier
Credit: Alex Gardner
Watching a Glacier
Credit: Alex Gardner
Sverdrup Glacier
Credit: Alex Gardner
Alaska Meltwater
Credit: W. Tad Pfeffer
Columbia Glacier
Credit: W. Tad Pfeffer
Greenland's Glaciers
Credit: Frank Paul
Columbia Glacier Terminus
Credit: W. Tad Pfeffer