With the soft crunching of snow underfoot, Jordan walks steadily through the imposing ice structure, heading "towards the ...

The goal was to hike a little over two miles on the Matanuska Glacier about 100 miles ... up year after year will compress into this glacier ice,” our guide told us as a group of about 15 ...

I f you've wanted to explore a glacier up close, Matanuska Glacier hiking is the thing to do when you plan your Alaska trip. Located near Palmer, tours to and ON Matanuka Glacier are available ...

Just as the ice skating and hockey season gets going, the nonprofit Glacier Ice Rink in Missoula is dealing with a series of unfortunate leaks in its system for freezing water. Laura Henning ...

The Thwaites Glacier is one of a line of glaciers sitting along the marine-facing rim of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS)—a massive bowl of ice nearly three times the size of Texas sitting in ...

This 2014 aerial photo shows what looks like an unusually large and deep puddle of vibrant blue meltwater sitting on top of an unnamed Alaskan glacier. Similar melt ponds are becoming more common ...

But the atmospheric effects that make melting difficult on the Martian surface wouldn't apply below the surface of a dusty snowpack or glacier. On Earth, dust within ice can create what are called ...

We believe that dusty Martian ice exposures in the mid-latitudes represent the most easily accessible places to search for Martian life today.' The conditions needed for photosynthesis to occur on ...

Gradually, as the boat moved closer, a smattering of ice chunks appeared in the water, and a more complex picture came into view. The glacier had appeared from afar like a dominant, jagged ice castle.