Introduction to Glaciers

This final (planned) blog post will basically be a statement to acknowledge the fact that as I have never studied glaciers before I had no i...

Due to their tremendous size (over fifty thousand square kilometres) and the need for a very cold climate these glacial features are only ...

What are they?  These are basically large sheets of ice covered in snow which feed the glaciers along their perimeter. Covering up to ...

Suncups  These are small depressions on the surface of the snow (or firn) created when the sun melts the snow and subsequently the snow eva...

Basically, these are glaciers that flow out into the sea. Due to having no support from the ground, tidewater glaciers are unable to sus...

Glaciers can be of great importance to surrounding ecosystems, with native American species of fish and amphibians such as Bull Trout, Co...

Eskers These are ridges of well sorted sand and gravel several kilometres long and up to thirty metres in height, that are created by wat...