Glaciers shape landscapes from Patagonia's ice cliffs to Antarctica's regions. These frozen water reservoirs indicate climate change effects. The group includes Perito Moreno in Argentina, Jostedalsbreen in Norway, and Vatnajökull in Iceland.
Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina
The glacier moves forward two meters daily and generates regular ice blocks falling into Lago Argentino.
Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
The 487 square kilometer ice field lies between high mountains and feeds 24 glacier tongues.
Eastern Iceland, Iceland
The ice cap covers 8100 square kilometers and several active volcanoes beneath the ice layer.
Alaska, USA
The area contains seven tidewater glaciers that extend directly into the sea and produce icebergs.
West Coast, New Zealand
The glacier flows through a valley in the Southern Alps, descending from 2,600 to 300 meters above sea level.
West Coast, New Zealand
The glacier extends for 12 kilometers and moves at rates of up to 4 meters per day.
Carinthia, Austria
The glacier extends 8.4 kilometers and covers an area of 19.5 square kilometers in the High Tauern range.
Greenland
The glacier moves at 30 to 50 meters per day and produces 10 percent of all Greenland icebergs.
Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
The glacier extends 6 kilometers within the Columbia Icefield and loses approximately 5 meters in height annually due to climate change.
Karakoram Range, Ladakh, India
The 76-kilometer glacier sits at 5753 meters altitude and remains subject to territorial disputes between India and Pakistan.
Karakoram Range, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
The 63-kilometer glacier leads to four peaks above 8000 meters, including K2, Earth's second highest mountain.
Saint Elias Mountains, Yukon, Canada
The glacier extends 122 kilometers and grows approximately 24 meters annually, contrary to the global trend of glacier retreat.
Canterbury, New Zealand
The 23-kilometer glacier is located in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park and has diminished at a rate of 180 meters yearly since 1990.
Graubünden, Switzerland
The glacier extends 6 kilometers in the Bernina Range and loses 30 meters of its length annually due to climate warming.
Santa Cruz, Argentina
The Patagonian glacier measures 53 kilometers in length and loses large amounts of ice through calving into Lake Argentino.
Valais, Switzerland
The 23-kilometer glacier contains 27 billion tons of ice and descends from 4000 to 1560 meters in elevation.