Rhone Glacier, Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Cold glaciers are not noted for glacial erosion, but studies by a team from Victoria University, Wellington, indicated that there is abundant subtle evidence of erosion in the Dry Valleys. This is an example of glacial striations on a boulder next to Rhone Glacier. The scratch marks are roughly hewn and spaced out, so are different from striations made by wet-based glaciers.

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