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C is for Cryosphere
The cryosphere encompasses all the frozen parts of Earth’s surface: snow cover, glaciers, permafrost, sea ice, ice sheets, ice shelves, icebergs, and river/lake ice.
I is for Ice Formations
One of the things I’ve found challenging in learning about the cryosphere is the large number of terms related to ice, such as ice sheets, ice caps, ice shelves, and icebergs, all of which begin as snow. There’s also sea ice and its various forms.
G is for Glacier
A glacier is a large, perennial mass of ice and snow that moves slowly downhill under the influence of gravity
Avalanche probe: gear you hope to never use for real
An avalanche probe is a rod that’s used to poke through avalanche debris in order to find a buried victim.
D is for Deicing
Deicing is the process by which ice and snow are removed from an aircraft’s surface so that the frozen contaminants don’t mess with the plane’s aerodynamics.
Snow cornice: beautiful but potentially deadly
A mass of overhanging ice or snow, typically found on a ridgetop or edge of a cirque.
