‘Vanishing Glaciers’ exhibition traces a century of retreating ice
Large-scale photography documents glaciers in every continent in a project supported by the Jockey Club and Chinese University
By documenting glaciers on every continent, the initiative encourages visitors to explore and understand the different types found across the globe through large-scale photography and video, and witness how – and how fast – they are retreating due to climate change.
A bird’s-eye view of Donne Glacier, which descends down the east face of Mount Tutoko in southwest New Zealand. This glacier has been undergoing rapid retreat for decades. In 2000, a new alpine lake – as yet unnamed – was formed. Picture: Klaus Thymann
The front of Esmarkbreen, a tidal glacier on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard in the Arctic Ocean. The glacier was named after Jens Esmark (1763-1839), a Danish-Norwegian professor of mineralogy who contributed greatly to early understanding of glaciers, specifically the concept that they once covered larger areas. Picture: Corey Arnold
