... by far the greatest mass of ice on Earth is the Antarctic Ice Sheet, which reaches a thickness of nearly 5 km. This quote is from the Swiss website Glaciers of the World (http://www.swisseduc.ch/glaciers/earth_icy_planet/glaciers08-en.html) -- and who should know more about glaciers than the Swiss? It is an informative site with very good photos and a page dedicated entirely to Antarctic glaciers. I became totally intimidated trying to say anything intelligent about glaciers in this post, so I will leave the photos to speak for themselves.
Brash ice, icebergs, and glacier
A stunning "tidewater" glacier
A "cirque" glacier in Drygalski Fjord
A "piedmont" glacier
A "hanging" glacier with small streams running out
"Tidewater" glacier near Port Lockroy
Brash ice
Accumulation of floating ice made up of fragments not more than 2 cm across; the wreckage of other forms of ice. (www.aspect.aq/brashice.html) from Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate (ASPeCT)
A more dense accumulation...
...brash ice comes in many forms
I see lots of ice, but where's the snow? Maybe this blog should be called "Ice and Penguins." Just kidding, awesome pictures!
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