How Do Glaciers Move?

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Glacier ice is weird. It’s solid. Solid things aren’t supposed to flow. But glacier ice flows like a liquid, and it does that without melting! How is this possible? I traveled to Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska to find out.

Special thanks to Josh Cassidy from KQED’s Deep Look for joining me in Alaska and shooting this episode! ► kqeddeeplook

Filmed under a Special Use Permit on the Juneau Ranger District, Tongass National Forest

Archival glacier image: Glacier Photograph Collection - National Snow and Ice Data Center

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READ MORE:

Paterson, William Stanley Bryce. “The Physics of Glaciers.” Elsevier, 2016.

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