Crevasses often appear where a glacier scrapes against uneven valley walls or turns a corner. Ice flows slowly at the edges but moves progressively faster toward the center, a pattern that causes ...

Observing Greenland from a helicopter, the main problem is one of comprehending scale. I have thought we were skimming low over the waves of a fjord, before noticing the tiny shadow of a seabird far ...

Staff at Mount Rainier National Park are warning visitors to watch out for crevasses on the popular Muir snowfield. They say the crevasses are opening up as the snow continues to melt, and they can be ...

You’re traveling more than 1,000 miles across the barren snowscape of Antarctica. Along the way, many crevasses lie hidden between you and your quest to resupply the hungry scientists at the ...

If you’re planning to climb Denali, North America’s tallest mountain, you may have to pack up your poop: Denali National Park in Alaska may soon require climbers along the West Buttress route to carry ...

Gaping crevasses that penetrate upward from the bottom of the largest remaining ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula make it more susceptible to collapse, according to University of Colorado Boulder ...

Crevasses are cracks in ice that can affect the strength and flow speed of glaciers. There is currently no automated way to measure how many crevasses are in a glacier or where they are, but we are ...

The Greenland Ice Sheet is a vast reserve of frozen water, with the potential to raise sea levels by a whopping seven metres (23 feet). Now, scientists have warned that the ice sheet - the world's ...

A University of Maine professor who is world-renowned as a climate change scientist died in a snowmobile crash Saturday while inspecting ice in Antarctica. The death of Gordon Hamilton, 50, of Orono ...

Massive crevasses and bendable ice affect stability of Antarctic ice shelf, a research team finds. Gaping crevasses that penetrate upward from the bottom of the largest remaining ice shelf on the ...