Ice-shelf channels are long curvilinear tracts of thin ice found on Antarctic ice shelves. Many of them originate near the grounding line, but their formation mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here ...

Their track often bears no relationship to the contours of the land they cross and, in their natural state, they carry a distinctive vegetation type known as esker woodland. The word esker is one of ...

The geological formations that surround Gangler's North Seal River Lodge in northwestern Manitoba are intriguing pathways to the past There’s no shortage of signs of foot traffic here on the “Central ...

When the snow and ice at the surface of an ice sheet melt, during the warm season, the water finds its way down to the base of the ice — because ice is less dense than liquid water — and then flows to ...

An amazing landscape left behind by melting ice sheets offers clues to the future of Greenland's shrinking glaciers, a new study suggests. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...