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Category: Glacier Power

Velocity Map of Rink Glacier; Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data

Glacier Power – Teacher Guide Glossary

August 16, 2024

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite image of Malaspina Glacier, Alaska. SAR Image © ESA 1992.

Glacier Power – Teacher Answer Key Segment Review

August 16, 2024

Glacier Power – Teacher Answer Key Exercises Answers

August 16, 2024

Many icebergs in Glacier Bay, Alaska. Photo by Kristina Ahlnas.

Glacier Power – What is Glacial Calving?

August 16, 2024

Glacier Power – How Dangerous are Glaciers?

August 16, 2024

A crevasse is a crack in the surface of a glacier. Photo by Kristina Ahlnas.

Glacier Power – What are Crevasses?

August 16, 2024

Glacial ice is a different color than regular ice. It is so blue because the dense ice of the glacier absorbs every other color of the spectrum except blue, so blue is what we see. Photo by Hambrey.

Glacier Power – Why is Glacier Ice Blue?

August 16, 2024

The Start of a Moulin. Photo by James Roush.

Glacier Power – How are Glaciers Strange?

August 16, 2024

Moraines from tributaries. Barnard Glacier, Alaska, 1949.

Glacier Power – How do Glaciers Move?

August 16, 2024

Glacier Power – Where Have Glaciers Been?

August 16, 2024

The anatomy of a glacier as it slowly slides down the valley. Illustration by Donna Redhead.

Glacier Power – What is Glacier Anatomy?

August 16, 2024

Scanning Electron Micrograph of a Snow Crystal. W.P. Wergin & E.F. Erbe, ARS, U.S.D.A.

Glacier Power – How do Glaciers Form?

August 16, 2024

Glacier Power- Why Do Scientists Study Glaciers?

August 16, 2024

The Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica. Illustration by A. Stubsjoen.

Glacier Power – What is a Glacier?

August 16, 2024

Icebergs float from the calving Mendenhall glacier, which originates in Alaska's Coast Range. The glacier velocity dataset reveals that about 40 percent (approximately 20 cubic km) of ice lost annually in Alaska is due to calving alone, mostly from a few coastal glaciers. © UAF

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