What the imposing Swiss Aletsch glacier teaches us | EUROtoday

ETo be amazed is to look actuality within the face. While many glaciers are in terminal part, the observer overlooking the nice Aletsch glacier, in Switzerland, from the Eggishorn lookout (2,869 m) can not consider his eyes. As within the final century, the most important Alpine glacier impresses with its measurements: 22 kilometers lengthy, a depth of 800 meters in locations, and an estimated weight of 27 billion tonnes, the equal of 72.5 million planes. line !