Ice World: Gallery of Awe-Inspiring Glaciers

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Greenland's Glaciers

Greenland glaciers and ice sheet.

(Image credit: Frank Paul)

Columbia Glacier Terminus

Columbia glacier in Alaska

(Image credit: W. Tad Pfeffer)

The terminus of Alaska's Columbia Glacier. The glacier retreated 8.7 miles (14 km) between 1984 and 2004.

Glacier Iceberg

Iceberg from Columbia glacier

(Image credit: W. Tad Pfeffer)

A stranded iceberg from the Columbia Glacier in Prince William Sound, Alaska.

Stephanie Pappas
Stephanie Pappas
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Stephanie Pappas is a contributing writer for Live Science, covering topics ranging from geoscience to archaeology to the human brain and behavior. She was previously a senior writer for Live Science but is now a freelancer based in Denver, Colorado, and regularly contributes to Scientific American and The Monitor, the monthly magazine of the American Psychological Association. Stephanie received a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of South Carolina and a graduate certificate in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz.