Swiss Fear Vast Glacier Chunk Might Fall

Swiss authorities have blocked off hiking trails near the Giesen glacier in the Bernese Alps and sent a crisis team to monitor it, for fear that it’s about to shed a slab of ice the size of 12 football fields. A huge crevasse has been discovered in the glacier, and…

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Swiss Fear Vast Glacier Chunk Might Fall

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