GlaciersoftheCryosphere
PreparedforMiddleSchoolLevelSeptember2016
PARTIII
J.DanielTaillantTheCenterforHumanRightsandEnvironment
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Possiblethroughsupportof:
Whydoglaciersformwheretheyform?
TheGlaciosystemLikean“ecosystem”butforaglacier!
• Theyformwherelotsofsnowfallseveryyear(moreorequalsnowthanmeltsaway)
• Theyformwheresnowaccumulated(forexample,inamountaingorge)
• Theyformwhereit’scoldmostoftheDme(belowfreezing)
• Theyformwhereit’sshady• Theyformwheretheairisnottoohot!
Onwhichsideofthe
mountainwilltheglacierform?
NorthPole
Equator
Hidingintheshademostofthedaywhereit’sprotectedfrom
thesun!
NorthPoleGlacier
Equator
Colder
Warmer
NewSnowFreezes
NewandOldSnowMelts
EquilibriumLine
CanyouseewherenewsnowisfallingandwhereoldiceismelDng?
AndtheEquilibriumLine?
EquilibriumLine
NewSnow
OldandMelDngIce
CordilleraBlanca,Peru
CanyouWalkonaGlacier?
CanyouwalkUNDERaGlacier?
MerdeGlace-France
CanyouClimbaGlacier?
WhydoGlacierslookBlue?
BecauseoftheLackofOxygenresulDngfromicecompacDng
CantherebeLifeinaGlacier?
Whatform?
CanGlaciersHoldMysteries?
November3,1950,anairplanefromtheAirIndiafleet,the"MalabarPrincess,"coveringtheBombay-LondonroutebeginsitsdescenttoGeneva.Therewere48passengersaboard.At10:43a.m.,thecontroltowersreceivethereport,"IamverDcalwithVoiron,at4700metersalDtude."Thennothing.Theplaneneverlanded.
January24,1966:aBoeing707oftheAirIndiafleetconDnuesonascheduledflightbetweenBombayandNewYorkbywayofGeneva.Thereare117passengersaboard,including46sailors.TheBoeing707exitstheMilanradarreadingtobetakeninchargebyGeneva.Theplaneisat6200meterswhenitdemandsauthorizaDontochangealDtude.At8:00a.m.,allcontactislost.
Sixteenyearsagerthe"MalabarPrincess,"the"Kanchenjunga,"aplanefromthesamefleetofAirIndia,disappearsinalmosttheexactspot.
Yearslaterthemysteriesarerevealed[Thechurningoftheice]
BuriedSecretMilitaryBase[CampCentury]
MELTINGICEVIDEOhlps://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=Sg77JLUf1uc
DangerousGlaciers
GlacierCrevasses
Imaginefallingintothis!!!
Safetyrope
Avalanche?
EverHeardofaGlacierTsunami?Theyarerealandveryscary!
They’recalled
GlacierLakeOutburstFloods(GLOFs)
ClimatechangewillprovokeGLOFs
HuarazPeru1941
12miles
HUARAZFloodof1941
What’sMissinginthisPicture?
FloodDestroyedHUARAZDecember131941
GLOFhlps://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=8ScHkS_cqk4
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