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November 12, 2015
Why Glaciers are not like Swiss Cheese
There have been a number of quotes indicating that glaciers/ice sheets are like swiss cheese. Swiss cheese has holes and has little structural strength, and is often used as a metaphor to imply weakness. In the ablation zone of many glaciers there are holes, moulins, that are typically 0.5-10 m wide. A moulin is a narrow, tubular conduit in a glacier that provides a pathway for water to travel from …
Dean of Academic Affairs at Nichols College and Professor of Environmental Science at Nichols College in Massachusetts since 1989. Glaciologist directing the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project since 1984. This project monitors the mass balance and behavior of more glaciers than any other in North America.