Synopsis
Dr Iain Stewart explains how snow is transformed into glacier ice.
- Programme: Earth: The Power of the Planet
- Episode: Ice
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2007
- Geography | Glacial landscapes | Glacial landforms | Formation of glaciers
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