Anorak

Anorak News | Alaskan Glaciers Are Growing

Alaskan Glaciers Are Growing

by | 17th, October 2008

THE glaciers are growing, not melting:

A bitterly cold Alaskan summer has had surprising results. For the first time in the area’s recorded history, area glaciers have begun to expand, rather than shrink.

Alaska is c-c-cold in winter:

It was also the first time since any records began being that the glaciers did not shrink during the summer months.

And records began in the 1770s.

Source



Posted: 17th, October 2008 | In: Reviews Comments (2) | TrackBack | Permalink