Crusoe Glacier: shapes and coloursBarely one hour on foot from basecamp, the tongue of Crusoe Glacier was an ideal playground for photographic studies and experiments. This page is meant to convey an impression of the multitude of shapes and colours without any particular scientific purpose in mind. | |||
 Sun and meltwater lake |  Meandering meltwater stream |  Rainbow at the glacier margin |  Sediment in meltwater |
 Ice block and rainbow |  Thundering water |  Freshly fallen ice blocks |  Meltwater emerging from the ice |
 Strandlines at Crusoe-Baby Lake |  Ice structures at the glacier front |  Dessication cracks and traces from ice needles |  Cryoconite holes |
 Ripples in meltwater lake |  Meltwater stream and waterfall |  Ice sculptures at the glacier front |  Banded ice blocks |
 Green ice in filled crevasse |  Gently undulating glacier surface |  Ripples in lake sediment |  Intraglacial meltwater |
 Supraglacial meltwater channel |  Sand deposits on the glacier |  Castor and Pollux |  Ice, rock and tundra |
| Photos Jürg Alean | |||