A sea of ice surrounds me as I trek the Great Aletsch Glacier, located southeast of Bern in the heart of Switzerland—the largest, longest, thickest glacier in the Alps. In 2001, it was chosen as part of the first alpine UNESCO World Heritage site, and it’s almost too much to take in: Spanning 31 square miles and half a mile
10 BILLION TONS OF ICE
Oct 31, 2023
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