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continental glacier


glacier
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Ice Sheet on 
Ellesmere Island, Canada

Photo credit: Geological Survey of Canada 
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Continental glaciers form at high latitudes where temperatures remain cold enough during the summer to keep the previous winter's snow from melting allowing snow and ice to accumulate. (See also glacier, alpine glacier, piedmont glacier)


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