Sentences with phrase «glacial rivers»

Aerial view of Glacial river in Iceland.

Patterns of Glacial River, © Manish Mamtani, India, Shortlist, Open, Travel (Open competition), 2018 Sony World Photography Awards

On an excursion into Mount Aspiring National Park, learn about the region's geology as we hike and ride a jet boat through glacial river valleys.

Over that time, we were faced with an incredible diversity of conditions: from glacial river crossings to decommissioned forest service roads, endless sand dunes and treacherous alpine crossings.

Whistling Andy Distillery opened New Year's Eve, 2010 in Bigfork, Montana where glacial rivers empty into Flathead Lake.

My itinerary was Torre del Paine National Park, a preserve of stark beauty with jagged peaks bisected by frozen glacial rivers of ice, herds of guanacos, nandus (large ostrich - like birds also called rheas), foxes and, most nearly - extinct of all, the rarely - seen authentic cowboy.

Think clean air and water, mineral - rich hot springs, deep fjords, untouched glacial rivers, health and harmony.

From there, you'll hike five to eight strenuous hours each day, traversing narrow passes between cliff faces and navigating around icebergs along glacial rivers.

This 16 - mile route is great for beginners and follows the Little Susitna River, a blue, glacial river with big boulders in it.

Gaupnefjorden branch of Sognefjorden is strongly affected by freshwater as glacial river flow in.

What's more, because we are enjoying perfect weather conditions we make a flight detour to ensure passengers on both sides of the plane are able to see all the sights: the vastness of the 29 km Tasman Glacier, the peaks of Aoraki Mount Cook, the braided channels of mountain streams, with their gravel bars and boulder outcrops rapidly becoming silted glacial rivers and ultimately turquoise blue lakes that belie their ice cold temperatures.

The Kingdom of Bhutan is a place of soaring 7,000 - metre Himalayan peaks, glacial river valleys and evergreen forests.

Greenland's glacial rivers may flush some 400,000 tons of phosphorus into ocean waters — on par with the Mississippi or the Amazon.

The little Disco handled deep snow, roads made of ice, slush, glacial rivers and real glaciers in the land of constant volcano explosions — and it lived to tell the tale.

There was no way to go anywhere but forward: further into this glacial river in rural Iceland.

Climbing it rewards you with incredible 360 degree views of the area — Greenland's ice cap to the East, Kangerlussuaq to the West, and the glacial river called Akuliarusiarsuup Kuua below.

Forty minutes from downtown Anchorage lies Eagle River Nature Center, a gateway to Chugach State Park and a glacial river valley as wild and dramatic as any in Alaska.

A massive canyon formed by a glacial river provides two opportunities for hiking.

The mountains were incredible; tall, covered in fresh green grass, and the valley was crossed by a glacial river.

From pictures of senior middle school students in China carrying out military training and swimmers about to embark on a triathlon to an aerial view of a glacial river in Iceland and camels walking in a line along a famous beach in Australia — each one is as stunning as the last.

A multi-screen video installation exploring the glacial rivers and ice in Iceland and implications of a changing climate in the far north.

Since 1990, Horn has mined the country's rich ecological resources as inspiration for her photographs of lava, geysers, glacial rivers and hot pools.