Growingup,Ididn’tknowwhatjobIwantedtodo.Ididn’tknowthenthatIwouldbecomeascientist.Buttoday,Iamaglaciologist.Istudy glaciersaroundthe world!
Aglacierisamovingriverofice.ItflowsoverEarth’ssurface.ImovedtoAlaskatostudyglaciers.Aplaceneedsthreethingstohaveglaciers.Itneedssnow,coldtemperatures,andtime.Snowfallsandpilesup.Coldtemperatureskeepthesnowfrommelting.Overtime,thesnowstacksupuntilitishundredsofmetersthick.Thenitturnsintoglacier ice.
IstudyglaciersnearSkagway, Alaska.
ThisglacierinIcelandisseenfrom above.
Someofmystudentstastepartofa glacier!
