Ferryland Iceberg 2017: The 150-Foot Giant off Newfoundland
In April 2017, the small fishing town of Ferryland on Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula woke up to a new neighbour: an iceberg estimated ...
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Glaciers: Ice Landscapes & Photography
Discover glaciers through photography of mountain ice, frozen valleys and polar landscapes. Explore the stories in this collection, then follow related archives on icebergs, Antarctica and the wider world of snow and ice.
Svalbard Glaciers Then and Now: Christian Åslund’s Repeat Photographs
The mountains in each pair of pictures are the same. The ice is not. In 2002 the Swedish photographer Christian Åslund travelled to Svalbar...
Glacier Camping in the Mont Blanc Massif: Night Photos Under Alpine Stars
Two tents glow on the Géant Glacier, the dark ridge of Aiguille d’Entrèves above them and the first stars coming out over the Mont Blanc ma...
Iceland Drone Film: Blue Racer Productions’ Aerial Tour of Falls and Ice
Skógafoss, Gullfoss and Dettifoss, the black sands of Reynisfjara, the glacier at Skaftafell and the volcanic caldera of Askja: Blue Racer ...
If All the Ice Melted: Sea-Level Rise Maps and the Science Behind Them
Earth still holds more than five million cubic miles of ice. If every bit of it on land melted, the oceans would climb by roughly 65 to 70 ...
Patagonia Photo Guide: Perito Moreno, Torres del Paine, Fitz Roy, Penguins
Patagonia spreads across the southern tip of South America, shared by Argentina and Chile, and packs more drama into one region than most co...
Iceland from Above: Jakub Polomski’s Drone Photos of 7 Landmarks
Lift a camera a hundred metres above Iceland's south coast and familiar landmarks turn into new shapes: a lighthouse becomes a dot on a ...
Into the Glacier: Langjökull's Man-Made Ice Tunnel in Iceland
Since 1 June 2015, visitors have been able to walk inside Langjökull, Iceland's second-largest glacier, through a man-made ice tunnel th...
Perito Moreno Glacier Calving: Jakub Polomski’s Living Ice Photographs
Perito Moreno is one of the few glaciers on Earth you can watch at work. Its ice front rises an average of 74 metres above Lake Argentino i...
Frosted Iceland: Lana Tannir’s Glacial Road Trip and Floating Ice Photos
Blue icebergs drifting on water tinted pink and violet by the long summer twilight: Lana Tannir’s “Frosted Iceland” series looks like midwi...
Briksdalsbreen Glacier, Norway: Facts, Retreat History and How to Visit
Briksdalsbreen is one of the easiest glaciers in Norway to reach: a tongue of blue ice spilling down from the Jostedalsbreen ice cap into a...
Svalbard Travel Guide: Arctic Seasons, Settlements and Wildlife
Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago between 74° and 81° north, roughly halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. Glaciers cover ab...
Ruth Glacier and the Great Gorge: Denali’s Deepest Canyon of Ice
The Ruth Glacier flows about 40 miles out of the Alaska Range on the south side of Denali, North America’s highest mountain. Halfway down, ...
17 Latin American Landscapes from Hubert Ngan’s Eight-Month Journey
Blue glacier ice, a salt flat turned to a mirror, Inca terraces in the clouds and white dunes full of rainwater. Photographer Hubert Ngan s...
Kilimanjaro Ice Climbing: Will Gadd on the Summit Glaciers in 2014
In late October 2014 the Canadian ice climber Will Gadd climbed the last glaciers on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, 5,895 m above the pla...
Vatnajökull: Iceland's Largest Glacier, Its Ice Caves and National Park
Vatnajökull is the largest glacier in Iceland and one of the great ice masses of Europe. The ice cap covers about 7,700 square kilometres, ...
Hydrospeed on the Aletsch Glacier: Riverboarding Down Switzerland's Ice
In summer the surface of the Aletsch Glacier melts into fast blue rivers that cut deep channels through the ice. French mountain athlete Cl...
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Glacier National Park Before and After: Nine USGS Repeat Photo Pairs
In the mid-1800s Montana’s Glacier National Park held an estimated 150 glaciers larger than 25 acres. By 2010 only 25 of them were still bi...
Cryoconite Holes: Tiny Ecosystems Melted into Glacier Ice
Walk across a glacier in summer and you will often see its surface pocked with small round holes, each filled with meltwater and a dark lay...
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Alaska Glaciers Then and Now: 23 Historic Photo Pairs, Glacier Bay to Kenai
In 1895 a photographer on the shore of Muir Inlet looked out at a wall of ice rising from the sea. When USGS geologist Bruce Molnia returne...