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Perito Moreno Glacier
Learn about the formation of glaciers and how moraines, valleys, and lakes develop
Researchers in orange jumpsuits climb a mountain peak.
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Learn how scientists use time-lapse photography to track movement and flow of glaciers
Hubbard Glacier Antarctica Greenland Gornergletscher (Gorner Glacier Alaska: Mendenhall Glacier
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Perito Moreno Glacier
iceberg
Hubbard Glacier
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Gornergletscher (Gorner Glacier
Alaska: Mendenhall Glacier
Antarctica
Perito Moreno Glacier, Los Glaciares National Park
Perito Moreno Glacier, Los Glaciares National Park
Learn about the formation of glaciers and how moraines, valleys, and lakes develop
Researchers in orange jumpsuits climb a mountain peak.
Learn how scientists use time-lapse photography to track movement and flow of glaciers
Birch glacier collapse
Examine glacial scratches on rocks from Switzerland to New York City for evidence of Earth's icy past
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Louis Agassiz
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-American scientist and educator
James David Forbes
Scottish physicist

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