Sentences with phrase «face of the glacier»

Sure, you can poke about at the terminal face of the glaciers by yourself... but to really get to know the massive forces and stunning beauty of the ice, take a hike on the Franz Josef Glacier with Franz Josef Glacier Guides or the Fox Glacier with Fox Glacier Guiding.

This allows warmer ocean water to rush in and melt the entire submarine face of the glacier, greatly increasing calving icebergs and potentially resulting in a runaway retreat.

«As long as the vertical face of the glaciers remains in contact with the ocean, they are vulnerable,» said Morlighem.

A relatively easy walk will get you up close to the terminal face of both Glaciers.

Where the face of a glacier meets the ocean, warm water can melt it from underneath, gradually forcing back the «grounding line» where the glacier sits on the land.

Where the face of a glacier meets the ocean, warm water can melt it

Playfully, we rolled down the face of the glacier with distressed cries and plunged our ice picks into the terrain to stop ourselves.

Whiz up the Knik River to the face of the glacier.

For those who want to challenge themselves an optional guided walk will take you onto the face of the glacier as it grinds down through the rainforest.

She did take us over for a look at the face of the glacier (which you can only get a good look at in a boat) and talked about a bit of history.

In the video you can watch it slide down from the face of the glacier, then bob (such a word is pretty inadequate for something so large) to the surface before heading out toward the sea.

Where the face of a glacier meets the ocean, warm water can melt it from underneath, gradually forcing back the «grounding line» where the glacier sits on the land.

Where the face of a glacier meets the ocean, warm water can melt it