Glaciers are huge slabs of ice that form in very cold regions ​ — in depressions or on shady slopes where the snow never melts. In the course of time, however, the snow freezes to solid ice.
Tā ir liela, kustīga ledus masa, kas veidojas ļoti aukstos klimatiskos apstākļos kalnu ieplakās vai ēnainās nogāzēs, kur sniegs nekad neizkūst, bet pamazām sasalst ledū.