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ARCTIC Breaking Point, World Environment Day

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Movement of a glacier

Generally, the glacier moves slowly. The speed of movement

of a glacier is not permanent: it is subject to changes

in time and space. As the plasticity of ice depends on temperature,

the glacier moves faster during the summer than

in winter. At the bottom and on the slopes of the glacier bed,

due to the influence of friction, the speed becomes slower

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