Tag: Ice
Comprised of 15,000 tons of snow and 500,000 tons of ice, the Hôtel de Glace is a massive undertaking, yet each spring it completely disappears. … Continue reading Hôtel de Glace in STE-CATHERINE-DE-LA-J-CARTIER, Canada
While Sir Ernest Shackleton is often heralded as the hero of polar exploration, he had many contemporaries, among them British naval captain Robert Falcon Scott, who … Continue reading The Snow Tomb of Captain Robert Falcon Scott in Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica
Deep below one of the world’s most remote outposts, a network of tunnels cut into the ice has come to house “shrines” dedicated to both … Continue reading South Pole Ice Tunnels in Antarctica
Located at the Chena Hot Springs Resort, the Aurora Ice Museum is the world’s largest year-round ice environment. You may be wondering just what this … Continue reading Aurora Ice Museum in Fairbanks, Alaska
In few places can you experience every stage of the water cycle at once. But there’s magic in the Mendenhall Ice Caves, where water runs … Continue reading Mendenhall Ice Caves in Juneau, Alaska