The glacier’s retreat has been ongoing, but scientists believe within a few years it will be separated from Mendenhall Lake.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A retreating glacier revealed a new island in Alaska this summer, as lake water filled in to surround a land mass once hugged by ice. Mauri S. Pelto, a glaciologist at Nichols ...

A melting glacier in southeastern Alaska has birthed a brand-new island in the middle of a growing lake, according to recent images captured by NASA satellites. The 2-square-mile island is a small ...

From North America to Europe and beyond, these breathtaking mountain ranges let you witness ancient glaciers up close, ...

The Chief Shakes Glacier, along the Stikine River. Every year, hundreds of thousands of tourists flock to Glacier Bay National Park in Southeast to see towering ice formations hanging over the water.

Residents in some parts of Juneau prepared to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of flooding as rainwater and snowmelt in a huge basin dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier started to flow ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Alaska's Prow Knob (the big island on the right of the lake) used to be surrounded by ice. . | ...