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Glaciers are essentially wide rivers of ice that store close to 70% of our planet’s freshwater and take up roughly 6 million square miles of its surface area. Although some glaciers are still expanding, many have been melting and all but disappearing over the last several decades as a result of climate change. While a trip to a glacier makes for a stunning visual and sensory experience through crevasse-filled terrain, caves, and fields of ice, the fragile, vanishing beauty of these icy landscapes also serves as an eye-opening reminder for tourists to tread lightly and thoughtfully as they travel. Here are nine epic, easy-to-access glaciers to explore around the world.
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