Glaciers

2 wonders

Rivers of ancient ice, and the lagoons and lakes they leave behind.

Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon, Vatnajökull National Park, Southeast Iceland

Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon

Vatnajökull National Park, Southeast Iceland

A glacial lagoon where huge icebergs calved from the Vatnajökull ice cap drift in still, deep water before floating out to sea — and wash up as glittering shards on the black-sand 'Diamond Beach'.

Perito Moreno Glacier, Los Glaciares National Park, Santa Cruz, Argentina

Perito Moreno Glacier

Los Glaciares National Park, Santa Cruz, Argentina

A vast, active glacier in Argentine Patagonia whose towering blue ice face calves thunderously into a lake — one of the few large glaciers on Earth that has stayed roughly in balance rather than sharply retreating.