New Zealand The Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers are a pair of magnificent glaciers located in close proximity to one another. They are among the most visited glaciers in the world, thanks to their easy accessibility in a relatively warm climate (in face, the Fox Glacier ends next to a rainforest). They are both located in Westland Tai Poutini National Park, which is part of the … [Read more...]
FEDCHENKO GLACIER
Tajikistan The Fedchenko Glacier is the world’s longest and largest glacier outside of the Polar regions. Nearly fifty miles in length and covering an area of more than seven hundred square miles, it is well over half a mile thick in places. It winds down off of Mount Garmo towards the border with Kyrgyzstan. The Pamir Mountains are located in an extremely remote corner of … [Read more...]
VATNAJOKULL GLACIER
Iceland The Vatnajokull Glacier is the largest formation of ice (by volume) in Europe. With over three thousand square miles in surface are and over a half a mile thick in places, it covers about one-tenth the surface of Iceland, effectively giving the island its name. Vatnajokull actually feeds over two dozen smaller glaciers. Much of the glacier falls inside Vatnajokull … [Read more...]
PERITO MORENO GLACIER
Argentina The Perito Moreno Glacier is the best known of the glaciers extending off of the Southern Patagonia Ice Field, and one of the most important and popular in South America from a tourism standpoint. Currently stretching just under twenty miles in length, it sprawls over a huge area in the Los Glaciares National Park, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The area of … [Read more...]
