Photos chosen from The Commons project.
I like the scale of these shots... big rivers of ice, with little people. I also love the fact that most of the people seem to be dressed in their "Sunday best", almost like a stroll on a glacier is just like a stroll downtown... only it's colder and one must carry a stick.
I like the scale of these shots... big rivers of ice, with little people. I also love the fact that most of the people seem to be dressed in their "Sunday best", almost like a stroll on a glacier is just like a stroll downtown... only it's colder and one must carry a stick.
![[Grotto in Suphellebrae, Sognefjord, Norway] (LOC)](http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1149/3174198533_b9d44c92bb_s.jpg)
![[Loen, Kjendalskronebrae (i.e., Kjenndalsbreen), Nordfjord, Norway] (LOC)](http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1108/3175029660_99c797d97d_s.jpg)
![[Folgefond Glacier, Hardanger Fjord, Norway] (LOC)](http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1139/3174180591_a5e318c84b_s.jpg)
![[Grotto in Suphellebrae, Sognefjord, Norway] (LOC)](http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1149/3174198533_b9d44c92bb_z.jpg?zz=1)
![[Loen, Kjendalskronebrae (i.e., Kjenndalsbreen), Nordfjord, Norway] (LOC)](http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1108/3175029660_99c797d97d_z.jpg?zz=1)
![[Folgefond Glacier, Hardanger Fjord, Norway] (LOC)](http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1139/3174180591_a5e318c84b_z.jpg?zz=1)
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Comments on this gallery
National Library NZ on The Commons (45 months ago )
It's not up on The Commons (yet!) but this photo beautifully demonstrates your point about people mountain-climbing in their best duds!
-- Courtney
Brenda Anderson (45 months ago )
It does! But what's up with the guy in front? Is he really missing a leg? That would be a challenging climb.
zyrcster (45 months ago )
ohh yes! i love this gallery. the scale with people in every photo really makes this ace.
would if i could fave this one. ;-)
Lú_ (45 months ago )
That's really impressive to find so much on this theme in the Commons! Now you just need a matching gallery of Flickr Members on Glaciers :)
sgilliamh (45 months ago )
Brenda, this is an awesome gallery! I could get to be a fan of glaciers as I already am of rocks and water. The historical photos are wonderful. Let's hope we are not commenting "RIP Glaciers" when we're in our nineties...
ninakuriloff (45 months ago )
This is a wonderful selection of photographs!
You did an excellent job curating this gallery!
:-)
@florq (44 months ago )
Excellent gallery!!
pennylrichardsca (44 months ago )
Brrrrrrrr...... these photos are so evocative, and the combination is so intense, it's making my toes cold. So well done, thank you!
mherrero (44 months ago )
Excellent gallery!! Congratulations. I am geologist.
luvi (44 months ago )
Wonderful gallery. I really actually would pay for visiting.
Christiane Désir [deleted] (44 months ago )
Beautiful !!!
keiko & christopher (44 months ago )
beautiful gallery. makes me wanna go to Switzerland again ;-)
jon madison (44 months ago )
oh man super cool.
where the heck is the favorite button for galleries?
neerajsaxena (44 months ago )
never seen anything quite like it. amazing stuff. thanks a ton.
publikaccion.es (44 months ago )
really a nice expo :oD
charles_chen8888 (44 months ago )
Nice to know
pizzapi (44 months ago )
really like this
Alli Tray (44 months ago )
Wonderful collection!!
Murilo Porto (43 months ago )
Very nice exposition!
slittleiggy@yahoo.com (42 months ago )
very nice gallery love it
Rubens Nemitz Jr. (41 months ago )
Excelente exposição, com fotos atuais e bem antigas!
Adorei, até porque sou montanhista!
Grande abraço _o/
maverick_arvind (41 months ago )
i went to rohtang glacier in manali,india.your photographs took me back to 1993.the pure dry cold on glaciers is a reminder to fight global warming to save our unique planet one and only one of it's kind within reach of earthlings ,with no other in reach or sight which can sustain life leave aside in such diverse forms as on our home planet earth.
candycane2005 (38 months ago )
nicely done
rogab1452 (36 months ago )
Nice.
bunnyfrogs (36 months ago )
We would love for you to promote this gallery in the group "Galleries: promote galleries"!
There, you can also browse the group's Galleries by Theme list, to see all the galleries that have ever been submitted to the group. Plus, you can post to the group pool your own photos / videos that are included in others' galleries.
Please join us!
Brenda Anderson (35 months ago )
FYI everyone! I've just added 3 more photos to the gallery from Commons institutions that have joined since I first curated this gallery. :)
bunnyfrogs (35 months ago )
Thanks for submitting this gallery in the group Galleries: promote galleries!
There, you can also browse the group's Galleries by Theme list, to see all the galleries that have ever been submitted to the group. Plus, you can post to the group pool your own photos / videos that are included in others' galleries.
TimeBeforeDawn [deleted] (30 months ago )
awesome pics :-)
olivia.c2010 (29 months ago )
great pics
pukute (27 months ago )
Puiki galerija ir labai puikios nuotraukos.Man labai patiko.
thedingo01 (27 months ago )
I would love to experience this lifestyle . Such sereen peace .No-one for miles and the only visitors come by plane or boat or snow bobile .
Suh tranquility .
Such a magnificenet place to be and the wonder that surround you .Nothing but miles of water and Ice
chuan796 (23 months ago )
好神奇
KamikazeKoscki1 (23 months ago )
Shockingly Awesome!
Violeta Paus (23 months ago )
buenisimo!
ColourPixie (22 months ago )
Awesome gallery!!
54StorminWillyGJ54 (22 months ago )
A fantastic collection! :)
quickdg (22 months ago )
tuyệt đấy nhưng ko bằng của tôi
elena295 (22 months ago )
Meravigliosa Galleria....voglio andare sui quei posti ...troppo belli ...grazie ...saluti a tutti
Argyro... (21 months ago )
Interesting gallery!!!
shivapat (20 months ago )
very nice
bobflannigon (19 months ago )
I love that those guys are wearing suits! It's a flippin glacier!!!
Jicardee2 (17 months ago )
Very interesting gallery. Did people really dress like that to climb on glaciers?
Brenda Anderson (17 months ago )
Hard to believe, but it seems they did! :)
sakakkar (16 months ago )
unbelievably beautiful.
Picture J o e (14 months ago )
Looks like the glaciers were a lot smaller then than now.
atha khan (13 months ago )
amazing....
Debbie of Vancouver Island (10 months ago )
Fabulous gallery. I have been to Columbia Icefields, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. many times. Very impressive to see them.
harishrajpal (10 months ago )
superb gallery
Gencturksan (7 months ago )
beautiful photos,thank you very much..
Sam I Am 14 (6 months ago )
sweeeet
jmlpyt (5 months ago )
très belle galerie
fotopierino (5 months ago )
Fantastic !!! ;-)
Tatters:) (4 months ago )
Just one correction - photo No 5 (from Australia, Kosciuszko) is not a glacier, it is just a snow drift (it melts in summer)
Brenda Anderson (4 months ago )
Cordula Schaefer (4 months ago )
This is amazing. I'm stunned to see how little equipment they used to climb around there.
jrmllvr (3 months ago )
Quelle expo! Wouaw!!
quartaz (5 weeks ago )
good stuff immortalelements.ru
Ran-Tang (4 days ago )
有一种历史感觉 比较喜欢这种老照片的感觉 加油!