glacier

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Over the next six decades, as the glacier retreated, the wedge expanded into a long finger, and the size of the lake grew twelvefold.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

In 1962, the program spotted a small wedge of lake forming on the eastern side of the Lhonak glacier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Gerhard Lieb, who runs the glacier monitoring service with Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer, said the weather conditions in recent years had been "extremely unfavourable for glaciers".

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

A glacier on Antarctica's Eastern Peninsula underwent the most rapid retreat seen in modern times.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026

She laughed as loudly as a calving glacier.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman