Mendenhall Glacier 2007-2020 by James Balog and the Extreme Ice Survey

Mendenhall Glacier 2007-2020 by James Balog and the Extreme Ice Survey

his video comes from James Balog and the Extreme Ice Survey. I found this video interesting for a number of reasons. The first is that it shows something we would normally consider static in a glacier to be moving over time, demonstrating the fact that glaciers do flow like rivers of ice. Second, is the time and effort of the timelapse. Balog spent decades traveling to the most remote and hostile environments to step up cameras that could stand the extreme conditions in these places in order to capture them. Last, it demonstrates how we can see the glacier losing the battle adjacent warming temperatures, seeing it both move forward and shrink at the same time.

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