Category: Glaciers

Baltazar Ushca, Who Kept Andean Ice Harvesting Alive, Dies at 80

He trekked up Ecuador’s tallest mountain twice a week for six decades to hack ice off a glacier with a pickax. He is believed to have been the last of his breed.
Rafting a Western River With the Next Generation

On a family trip in Montana, a father shares a tradition with his two sons even as climate change threatens the certainty of the rivers he grew up running.
Climate Change Is Making Glacier Tourism More Popular, and Riskier

More tourists are eager to visit vanishing glaciers and ice caves, but warming is also making the sites unstable.
Iceland Ice Wall Collapse: 1 Tourist Is Dead and 2 Are Trapped

The tourists were part of a group exploring a glacier in southeastern Iceland when an ice canyon wall collapsed. A fourth tourist was rescued, officials said.
A New Gondola Takes Visitors to a Vanishing Alpine Glacier. Is That a Good Thing?

“Last-chance tourists” are visiting the melting Mer de Glace in Chamonix, France, in droves. A just-opened lift should make that easier. But some worry tourism is only making the problem worse.
Skating on ‘Wild’ Ice in Alaska

When a two-week, high-pressure window of cold, clear weather froze lakes south of Anchorage, adventurous skaters, including our writer, were ready.
Skating on ‘Wild’ Ice in Alaska

When a two-week, high-pressure window of cold, clear weather froze lakes south of Anchorage, adventurous skaters, including our writer, were ready.
A Journey Into Norway’s Endless Night

On the Svalbard archipelago, during the months without sunlight, one starts to see strange things in the dark.
The Poignant Music of Melting Ice

Scientists and musicians are recording the sounds of unfreezing water to document and predict the effects of climate change. Can their work help slow it, too?
Greenland Wants You to Visit. But Not All at Once.

The Arctic island, renowned for its glaciers and fjords, is expanding airports and hotels to energize its economy, even as it tries to avoid the pitfalls of overtourism.
In Swiss Alps, Some Wonder What a Future Without Snow May Mean

An unusually warm winter has forced a rethink about climate change in areas with lower peaks as ski resorts and sporting events face an uncertain future.
The World’s Most-Visited Glaciers Could Soon Be Gone

The U.N.’s cultural agency warns that ice sheets on Kilimanjaro, in the Dolomites and in Yosemite and Yellowstone may disappear by 2050, highlighting travel’s impact on climate change.