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Glacier on the move

by Jeff Wilson for Svalbard's ice giants, 16 July 2009

When Jeff Wilson visited Svalbard he thought that the island of Spitzbergen was moving beneath his feet. He soon discovered that it was a glacier slowly making its way towards the sea.

All the sound on the video is the natural sound of glacier ice moving. The sounds used on the clip were recorded by Chris Watson in a different location, but Jeff heard similar eerie noises on Svalbard.

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Glacier on the move

Jeff hears and then sees a glacier on the move

The Frozen Planet team plan to return to the glacier to try and recapture the unusually fast movement again.

Cameraman John Aitchison films one of Svalbard's most famous inhabitants in stalked by a polar bear

Published 25 September 2009

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Frozen Planet

Expedition

Svalbard's ice giants

Meet the explorer

Jeff Wilson

A keen photographer, Jeff grew up working with wildlife in East Africa. He's now an Assistant Producer on Frozen Planet.

Where on Earth?

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© Microsoft Virtual Earth, image courtesy of Navteq

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