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The newly broken-up river in April 2020.
rivers

All You Need to Play the Alaskan Lottery Is an Ice Guess

The Tanana River's annual melt has thrilled gamblers for over a century.
Bailey Berg May 11, 2020
Northern Greenland is covered in rock and ice. The longest and deepest canyon on the landmass is buried miles below.
science

Greenland Has a Grand Canyon Beneath Its Ice, Carved by Ancient Floods

Ancient topography lurks beneath the white expanse.
Isaac Schultz May 1, 2020
Frigid finalists in the 2020 Hair Freezing Contest.
hot springs

How to Win a Hair-Freezing Contest in Northern Canada

"Finally, I could have zero-gravity hair!"
Claire Voon March 20, 2020
Homes and equipment were shrouded in spiky ice.
lakes

The 'Icing' on These Lakeside Homes Is Actual Ice

Wind and waves sprayed freezing water from Lake Erie onto the houses of Hoover Beach.
Jessica Leigh Hester March 3, 2020
Ready, set, sail!
sports

The Bittersweet Thrill of Iceboating in a Warming World

For hundreds of years, sailors have zipped across frozen lakes and rivers—but now chances are fewer and farther between.
Jessica Leigh Hester February 27, 2020
"Ice volcanoes" often have a big slit on one side.
volcanoes

Lake Michigan's 'Ice Volcanoes' Are Extremely Cool, Definitely Not Volcanoes

“It sounds like if you got a big Slurpee, and then dumped it on the ground.”
Jessica Leigh Hester February 25, 2020
Ice formations spouting water
Maiden Rock, Wisconsin

Nelson's on Rush River

Every winter, dozens of otherworldly ice structures sprout up from a rigged up artesian well.
Ice stalagmites.
Tulelake, California

Crystal Ice Cave

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.
A cone with two nieves flavors: mole and beer.
Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico

Nieves Exóticas of Jardín Principal

Meat and seafood are part of the frozen dessert flavors available at these legendary street stands.
Antarctica is always cold, and for much of the year, it's really dark, too.
science

Antarctica Is Stark, Beautiful, and Will Shrink Your Brain

The impact of 14 months at the edge of the world.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 13, 2019
The vibrant colors are enchanting but they may in fact be a sign of pollution.
nature

China’s Dead Sea Is a Visual Feast

Yuncheng Lake is one of the country's oldest salt-production sites.
Reina Gattuso November 27, 2019
Mongolia's perennial ice patches are receding and disappearing.
archaeology

Mongolia’s Disappearing Ice Patches Threaten Both the Past and the Present

Reindeer herders and archaeologists must adapt to the new normal.
Isaac Schultz November 20, 2019
Kakigori, pictured here on the streets of New York City.
japan

How American Gunboat Diplomacy Helped Democratize Japanese Shaved Ice

One show of force had a cooling effect on Japanese summers.
Luke Fater September 5, 2019
The 73-mile-long Inuvik-Aklavik Ice Road forms each year when the Mackenzie River freezes over.
roads

Canada's Ice Roads Are Melting Too Soon

Climate change is fraying these seasonal lifelines, causing hardships for the remote towns that rely on them.
Karen Gardiner August 23, 2019
Glaciers regularly fluctuate with seasons, and the ice tunnel gets shorter as the summer stretches into fall.
grottoes

Swaddling Glaciers in Blankets Isn’t the Oddest Idea for Extending Their Lives

As glaciers and ice sheets keep dwindling, scientists are proposing everything they can think of.
Jessica Leigh Hester August 23, 2019
Before he became a legendary football player, Harold "Red" Grange worked a summer as an iceman to get in shape.
music

When Everyone Wanted to Be the Iceman

Before refrigeration, New York's ice-delivery men inspired raunchy jokes.
Kelly Robinson August 23, 2019
Many sno-balls. Many colors.
food

The Family Dynasty That Pursues Perfection in Shaved Ice

For three generations, the Hansens have made summer sno-ball season in New Orleans.
R. Blakeslee Gilpin August 21, 2019
Alberta

Lake Abraham

The frozen bubbles that form on the icy surface of this Canadian lake contain enough methane to create a small explosion.