We will be making several stops for look for clues of glaciation.

Click on the stop on the map to begin.

What is a glacier?

A glacier is a large mass of ice.  It forms by the continual accumulation of snow that recrystallizes under its own weight into an ice mass.  It moves slowly under the pressure of its own weight and the pull of gravity.  It is always moving forward, even when in retreat.

For more information about glaciers, visit these websites.

http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/lemke/alpine_glacial_glossary/glossary.html

http://www.physicalgeography.org.uk/photos/PhotosGlaciers.html

http://www.env.duke.edu/eos/geo41/gla.htm

http://www-nsidc.colorado.edu/glaciers/

http://www.physicalgeography.org.uk/photos/

Source:  Christopherson, Robert W.  Geosystems: Fourth Edition.  Prentice Hall.  New Jersey. 2000.