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FAQ's about Glaciers
When a glacier retreats, does the ice go back up the valley?
Why are there glaciers?
How thick are glaciers?
What makes a glacier different from an ice cube or ice in a hockey rink?
Is glacier ice very cold?
Doesn't glacier ice last longer in drinks?
Why is snow white?
Iceworms are a joke originated by gold rush poet
Robert Service
(see
The Ballad of the Ice-Worm Cocktail
).
Is glacier ice colder than regular ice?
What is the difference between water and ice?
How many glaciers in Alaska have floating termini (or terminuses and which is it)?
Which is the most glaciated volcano in the Cascades? Which is the second?
Which Cascade Range volcano erupted through a glacier?
Today's glaciers are leftovers from the ice age … and … Glacier ice is "really old."
Alaska was covered by glaciers during the Great Ice Age (Pleistocene).
Why are glaciers blue?
What is the greatest hazard presented by Mount Rainier?
What would happen if the temperature in the world rose enough to melt all the snow and ice at the North and South Poles?
How many glaciers are in Alaska?
How dangerous is Mount Rainier?
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