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    • Rights: Susie Wood Published 21 June 2007 Size: 1.6 MB Referencing Hub media

    The terminal of Miers Glacier, Antarctica.

    The terminal of a glacier is the end where either the ice melts or, if the glacier flows out over the sea or a lake, chunks of ice break off producing icebergs.

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      Glaciers

      A glacier is a large quantity of ice formed from snow that has accumulated and been compacted over a long period of time. About 70% of the Earth’s freshwater resource is stored in glacial ice ...

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