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A glacier is compacted snow, not ice
by gpuhacker 6y ago
A glacier is compacted snow, not ice
- hn8788 6y agoSnow is ice.
- kortilla 6y ago> Snow comprises individual ice crystals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow
- bumbada 6y agoI can warrantee you compacted snow is ice. Just go to Greenland, Argentina or Switzerland and see a glacier by yourself. You see ice and bubbles(bubbles could grow and become caves and over time they go up). Icebergs are called ICE- berg for a reason, not snow-bergs. If you had a snow that is 1/10 the density of water, just 10 meters of snow means 1 atmosphere of pressure. That pressure compresses the snow, making 10 meters hold more water and more pressure. There are places in the world with glaciers higher than three kilometers(1.8 miles).