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Mer de Glace

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Mer de Glace (mĕr də gläs) [Fr.,=sea of ice], glacier (3.5 mi/5.6 km long; 16 sq mi/41 sq km), Haute-Savoie dept., E France, on the northern slope of Mont Blanc. It is formed by the junction of three smaller glaciers and extends a few miles NE of Chamonix. There are deep crevasses and high seracs (ice needles). The glacier is renowned for its majestic beauty and is a tourist attraction.
Mer de Glace 

(French,“sea of ice”) , a valley glacier in the Alps, in the Mont Blanc massif (France). It is located on the massifs northern slope at an elevation of 1,150-4,200 m. Length, 15 km: Area, 42.6 sq km. It is formed by four ice flows. Mer de Glace is shrinking; its area has decreased by 23 percent in the last 80 years.



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The train ride from Chamonix up to Montenvers and the Mer de Glace glacier is well worth it.
Froze of passion An Ice School glacier walk on crampons past the crusty crevasses of the Mer de Glace is memorable but requires ice-cool nerves for the giddying climb down cliffhanging ladders.
Take the train to Montenvers - The long way to see the Mer de Glace glacier is to ski down the Vallee Blanche.
 
 
 
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