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366W3175_glacier travel.jpg  Climbers on the Valley Blanche above Chamonix France as summer temperatures warm high altitude mountaineering is becoming more dangerous
 
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366W3716_walking.jpg Mountaineers approaching the summit of the Brevent in front of Mont Blanc and the Bossons glacier one of the steepest glaciers in the world which is retreating rapidly due to global warming Chamonix France
 
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IMG_1583_mountaineer.jpg Climbers descending from the summit of the 4000m peak of Mont Blanc du Tacul global warming is melting the permafrost that holds many alpine peaks together making high altitude mountaineering more dangerous
 
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IMG_1587_Mont Blanc.jpg Climbers near the summit of the 4000m peak of Mont Blanc du Tacul global warming is melting the permafrost that holds many alpine peaks together making high altitude mountaineering more dangerous
 
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IMG_7461_skaftafellsjokull.jpg Skaftafellsjokull in the Skaftafell National Park, this glacier like all Iceland's glaciers is receding due to climate change. Scientists predict that all Iceland's glaciers will have disappeared within 100 years.
 
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IMG_7470_glacial retreat.jpg Skaftafellsjokull in the Skaftafell National Park, this glacier like all Iceland's glaciers is receding due to climate change. Scientists predict that all Iceland's glaciers will have disappeared within 100 years.
 
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IMG_7519_skaftafellsjokull.jpg Skaftafellsjokull in the Skaftafell National Park, this glacier like all Iceland's glaciers is receding due to climate change. Scientists predict that all Iceland's glaciers will have disappeared within 100 years.
 
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IMG_7522 (1)_vatnajokull.jpg A mountaineer on the summit of Kristinartindar above Skaftafellsjokull in the Skaftafell National Park, this glacier like all Iceland's glaciers is receding due to climate change. Scientists predict that all Iceland's glaciers will have disappeared within 100 years.
 
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IMG_7535_mountaineer.jpg A mountaineer on the summit of Kristinartindar above Skaftafellsjokull in the Skaftafell National Park, this glacier like all Iceland's glaciers is receding due to climate change. Scientists predict that all Iceland's glaciers will have disappeared within 100 years.
 
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IMG_9534_vatnajokull.jpg The Skaftafellsjokull glacier. Like all Iceland's glaciers it is receding rapidly due to climate change. Scientists predict that all Iceland's glaciers will have disappeared within 100 years.
 
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IMG_6132_truck driver.jpg A twenty ton ice explorer truck owned and run by Arngrimur Hermannsson ( Arni). He uses the truck to take tourists onto the Langjokull ice cap. Like all Icelands glaciers it is melting rapidly and predicted to disappear within 100 years. As Arni says, every time I come up hear, the glacier has retreated a bit further.
 
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IMG_6173_crevasse.jpg A twenty ton ice explorer truck owned and run by Arngrimur Hermannsson ( Arni). He uses the truck to take tourists onto the Langjokull ice cap. Like all Icelands glaciers it is melting rapidly and predicted to disappear within 100 years. As Arni says, every time I come up hear, the glacier has retreated a bit further.
 
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IMG_6206_glacial retreat.jpg A twenty ton ice explorer truck owned and run by Arngrimur Hermannsson ( Arni). He uses the truck to take tourists onto the Langjokull ice cap. Like all Icelands glaciers it is melting rapidly and predicted to disappear within 100 years. As Arni says, every time I come up hear, the glacier has retreated a bit further.
 
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IMG_6232_glacier travel.jpg A twenty ton ice explorer truck owned and run by Arngrimur Hermannsson ( Arni). He uses the truck to take tourists onto the Langjokull ice cap. Like all Icelands glaciers it is melting rapidly and predicted to disappear within 100 years. As Arni says, every time I come up hear, the glacier has retreated a bit further.
 
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IMG_6325 (1)_meltwater sink.jpg Meltwater on the Langjokull ice cap in Iceland disappearing into a moulin. Like all of Icelands glaciers it is retreating rapidly due to climate change and is predicted to disappear in the next 100 years.
 
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IMG_6349_glacial meltwater.jpg A twenty ton ice explorer truck owned and run by Arngrimur Hermannsson ( Arni) next to a Moulin, or sink hole for meltwater. He uses the truck to take tourists onto the Langjokull ice cap. Like all Icelands glaciers it is melting rapidly and predicted to disappear within 100 years. As Arni says, every time I come up hear, the glacier has retreated a bit further.
 
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IMG_6369_moulin.jpg A twenty ton ice explorer truck owned and run by Arngrimur Hermannsson ( Arni) next to a Moulin, or sink hole for meltwater. He uses the truck to take tourists onto the Langjokull ice cap. Like all Icelands glaciers it is melting rapidly and predicted to disappear within 100 years. As Arni says, every time I come up hear, the glacier has retreated a bit further.
 
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IMG_6396 (1)_meltwater sink.jpg A twenty ton ice explorer truck owned and run by Arngrimur Hermannsson ( Arni) next to a Moulin, or sink hole for meltwater. He uses the truck to take tourists onto the Langjokull ice cap. Like all Icelands glaciers it is melting rapidly and predicted to disappear within 100 years. As Arni says, every time I come up hear, the glacier has retreated a bit further.
 
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IMG_6856_glacier travel.jpg A twenty ton ice explorer truck owned and run by Arngrimur Hermannsson ( Arni). He uses the truck to take tourists onto the Langjokull ice cap. Like all Icelands glaciers it is melting rapidly and predicted to disappear within 100 years. As Arni says, every time I come up hear, the glacier has retreated a bit further.
 
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IMG_6886_rainbow.jpg A rainbow over the edge of the Langjokull ice cap, Iceland.
 
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IMG_6903_glacial meltwater.jpg Meltwater on the Langjokull ice cap in Iceland. Like all of Icelands glaciers it is retreating rapidly due to climate change and is predicted to disappear in the next 100 years.
 
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IMG_6908_marker post.jpg This stake shows the dramatic rate at which the Langjokull ice cap is retreating. It was placed at the edge of the ice sheet in the summer of 2009. 12 months later the ice cap has melted and retreated about 200 metres.
 
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IMG_6103_ice marker.jpg This stake shows the dramatic rate at which the Langjokull ice cap is retreating. It was placed at the edge of the ice sheet in the summer of 2009. 12 months later the ice cap has melted and retreated about 200 metres.
 
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IMG_6121 (1)_langjokull.jpg Meltwater on the Langjokull ice cap in Iceland. Like all of Icelands glaciers it is retreating rapidly due to climate change and is predicted to disappear in the next 100 years.
 
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IMG_6122_tourist guide.jpg A twenty ton ice explorer truck owned and run by Arngrimur Hermannsson ( Arni). He uses the truck to take tourists onto the Langjokull ice cap. Like all Icelands glaciers it is melting rapidly and predicted to disappear within 100 years. As Arni says, every time I come up hear, the glacier has retreated a bit further.
 
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IMG_6192_crevasse traverse.jpg A twenty ton ice explorer truck owned and run by Arngrimur Hermannsson ( Arni). He uses the truck to take tourists onto the Langjokull ice cap. Like all Icelands glaciers it is melting rapidly and predicted to disappear within 100 years. As Arni says, every time I come up hear, the glacier has retreated a bit further.
 
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IMG_6204_tourism.jpg A twenty ton ice explorer truck owned and run by Arngrimur Hermannsson ( Arni). He uses the truck to take tourists onto the Langjokull ice cap. Like all Icelands glaciers it is melting rapidly and predicted to disappear within 100 years. As Arni says, every time I come up hear, the glacier has retreated a bit further.
 
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IMG_6211_langjokull.jpg A twenty ton ice explorer truck owned and run by Arngrimur Hermannsson ( Arni). He uses the truck to take tourists onto the Langjokull ice cap. Like all Icelands glaciers it is melting rapidly and predicted to disappear within 100 years. As Arni says, every time I come up hear, the glacier has retreated a bit further.
 
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IMG_6217_tyre.jpg A twenty ton ice explorer truck owned and run by Arngrimur Hermannsson ( Arni). He uses the truck to take tourists onto the Langjokull ice cap. Like all Icelands glaciers it is melting rapidly and predicted to disappear within 100 years. As Arni says, every time I come up hear, the glacier has retreated a bit further.
 
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IMG_6234_truck.jpg A twenty ton ice explorer truck owned and run by Arngrimur Hermannsson ( Arni). He uses the truck to take tourists onto the Langjokull ice cap. Like all Icelands glaciers it is melting rapidly and predicted to disappear within 100 years. As Arni says, every time I come up hear, the glacier has retreated a bit further.
 
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IMG_6238_wheel.jpg A twenty ton ice explorer truck owned and run by Arngrimur Hermannsson ( Arni). He uses the truck to take tourists onto the Langjokull ice cap. Like all Icelands glaciers it is melting rapidly and predicted to disappear within 100 years. As Arni says, every time I come up hear, the glacier has retreated a bit further.
 
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IMG_6245_crevasse.jpg A twenty ton ice explorer truck owned and run by Arngrimur Hermannsson ( Arni). He uses the truck to take tourists onto the Langjokull ice cap. Like all Icelands glaciers it is melting rapidly and predicted to disappear within 100 years. As Arni says, every time I come up hear, the glacier has retreated a bit further.
 
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