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The "Italian Ice"

2013

MUSE - The Science Museum

MUSE - The Science Museum
Trento, Italy

“The huge white sheet”. This is how in 1800 an astonished Douglas W. Freshfield - an English explorer – described the Adamello, the biggest Italian glacier. 17 km2 covered in ice, between Lombardy and Trentino; it has a maximum thickness of 230 meters which makes it the “deepest” national glacier.

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  • Title: The "Italian Ice"
  • Date Created: 2013
  • Location: Muse, Trento, Italy
  • Photographer: Matteo De Stefano
  • Object Name: Adamello glacier
MUSE - The Science Museum

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