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Based in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, BLUE ICE designs backpacks, harnesses and other minimalist and technical alpine equipment for climbers, mountaineers and skiers.
Blue ice (glacial) Iceberg on Jökulsárlón, Iceland. Blue ice occurs when snow falls on a glacier, is compressed, and becomes part of the glacier. During compression, air bubbles are squeezed out, so ice crystals enlarge. This enlargement is responsible for the ice's blue colour.
Blue ice is relatively rare, covering only around one percent of Antarctica. Another strange aspect of blue ice is that it tends to contain a lot of meteorites. Meteorites crash down all...
When sunlight shines on a field of snow, it reflects a bright—even blinding—white. But if you get a good look at the leading edge of a glacier, you’ll find that the ice inside is a brilliant blue. The surface may look white, but places where the ice has cracked open look almost turquoise.
May 30, 2015 · One of the most amazing sights in Antarctica is its stunning blue ice, rippling like a frozen sea. Patches of blue-hued ice emerge where wind and evaporation have scoured glaciers clean of...
Based in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, BLUE ICE designs backpacks, harnesses and other minimalist and technical alpine equipment for climbers, mountaineers and skiers.
Glacier ice is blue because the red (long wavelengths) part of white light is absorbed by ice and the blue (short wavelengths) light is transmitted and scattered. The longer the path light travels in ice, the more blue it appears.
