Kristin Poinar, from the University at Buffalo, explains that glacier motion isn’t a single, slow process — it’s varied and unexpectedly dynamic. “It can ooze slowly and viscously ...

A FEW weeks ago I prepared for the February number of the Alpine Journals review of the contributions made by the Rev. Canon Moseley to the theory of glacier motion, which have appeared at various ...

This discovery shows that ice streams move with what Fichtner calls a "stick-slip" motion rather than always flowing smoothly like viscous honey. Glacier ice flows by means of many different ...