Climate change poses a threat to ice caves around the world as global temperatures continue to rise. But for now, they remain a magical gateway into our planet’s geological and climatic past
’s Hochkogel mountain via cable car each year to see Eisriesenwelt’s impressive maze of ice formations, including one resembling a trunkless elephant. Visitors are advised to brace themselves as tour guides swing open the entrance’s heavy door—unleashing gusts that can reach up to 56 mph—before using carbide lamps to explore more than half a mile of accessible glaciated tunnels.
At the end of the guided tour, visitors arrive at a frozen lake, inside a chamber known as the Eispalast, or “ice palace,” where the frost crystals twinkle when a magnesium flare is held up to them.Declared a natural monument and a speleological reservation, Scărişoara Ice Cave features the second largest underground glacier in Europe. Visitors can take the stairs down the 164-feet shaft into the Big Hall, a large chamber where scientists have discovered ice more than 10,000 years old.
From here, the cave opens up into four sections: The Church, Great Reservation, Coman Gallery, and Little Reservation. The Big Hall and The Church are the only sections opened to visitors—the others are for scientific research only. Venture inside The Church section to find hundreds of up to 16-feet-high icicles rising from the floor. As natural light penetrates the rock, the illuminated icicles resemble an ethereal vision of candles under a dark dome.
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