GLACIERS 



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kind is called a valley glacier or an Alpine glacier, because 

 first studied in the Alps. 



THE GOBNER GLACIER. 

 A typical Alpine Glacier. 



Although the moving ice conforms to the bed over 

 which it passes, it does 

 not yield itself to the 

 irregularities as easily as 

 does water. When it 

 passes through a narrows 

 or over a steep and rough 

 descent, it is broken into 

 long, deep cracks called 

 crevasses. These make 

 travel along glaciers 

 sometimes very danger- 

 ous. The travelers are 



CREVASSES IN A GLACIER. 

 The danger points in travel over glaciers. 



usually tied together with ropes, so that if one of the 



