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. |
![Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours](icons/sun_lake.jpg) Sun and meltwater lake | ![Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours](icons/two_maeanders.jpg) Meandering meltwater stream | ![Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours](icons/rainbow.jpg) Rainbow at the glacier margin | ![Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours](icons/brown.jpg) Sediment in meltwater |
![Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours](icons/block_rainbow.jpg) Ice block and rainbow | ![Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours](icons/brown_water.jpg) Thundering water | ![Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours](icons/angular_blocks.jpg) Freshly fallen ice blocks | ![Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours](icons/bridal_veil.jpg) Meltwater emerging from the ice |
![Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours](icons/dry_beach.jpg) Strandlines at Crusoe-Baby Lake | ![Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours](icons/foliation.jpg) Ice structures at the glacier front | ![Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours](icons/cracks_ice_needls.jpg) Dessication cracks and traces from ice needles | ![Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours](icons/cryoconite.jpg) Cryoconite holes |
![Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours](icons/cryoconite_ripples.jpg) Ripples in meltwater lake | ![Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours](icons/farside_waterfall.jpg) Meltwater stream and waterfall | ![Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours](icons/pond_waterfall.jpg) Ice sculptures at the glacier front | ![Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours](icons/foliated_block.jpg) Banded ice blocks |
![Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours](icons/green_crevasse.jpg) Green ice in filled crevasse | ![Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours](icons/two_hills.jpg) Gently undulating glacier surface | ![Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours](icons/ripples.jpg) Ripples in lake sediment | ![Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours](icons/water_spout.jpg) Intraglacial meltwater |
![Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours](icons/bend.jpg) Supraglacial meltwater channel | ![Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours](icons/sand_blocks.jpg) Sand deposits on the glacier | ![Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours](icons/two_blocks.jpg) Castor and Pollux | ![Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours Crusoe Glacier: shapes and colours](icons/ice_rock.jpg) Ice, rock and tundra |
Photos Jürg Alean |