Show glaciers worldwide A roll call of glacial giants would bring up the names of glacier in the himalayas possibly miles long hubbard glacier in in alaska 90 miles long and in places 10 miles wide and the ice cap of svalbard Sv albard spitzbergen Spitz bergen the method of a glaciers growth is more spectacular than the mighty oaks from little acorns contrast for the huge ice rivers are merely overgrown colonies of snowflakes which have become compact granular ice glaciers flourish virtually on the equator wherever peaks are high enough the very tiptop tip top of africa mount kilimanjaro feet in tanganyika is girdled with no less than ten glaciers although it is volcanic |