A tour of the world’s most fascinating and beautiful ice caves.
Interesting Ice Caves: Eisriesenwelt, Austria
Located forty km to the south of Salzburg , Austria on Mount Hochkogel , the Eisriesenwelt cave is the largest trash cave in the world . Discovered in 1879 by natural scientist Anton Posselt , the name translates to the “ World of Ice Giants , ” which is a rather apt one give that the water ice and limestone covered wonder stretches for 38 kilometers .
While the Salzach River erosion process formed passageways in the mountain to produce Eisriesenwelt , other ice cave in the neighborhood were formed by Charles Percy Snow thawing , seeping into the slots and eventually freeze there during the winter .
Patagonia Glacier National Park, Argentina
The Glacier National Park in Patagonia , Argentina is home to some of the most astonishing glaciers in the globe . embed within these glacier are various trash cave to explore , all of which have been take shape by water race through or under the glacier .
