As the harsh winter washes over the northern hemisphere, it’s amazing images like this that remind people to go outside and enjoy the majesty of snow and ice. Actually, let someone else go outside and take photos. It’s cold. More »
Stop! Thief! That man has my glacier! Well, five tons of it, anyway. Police have arrested a man in Patagonia who was stealing a massive chunk of ice to sell as designer cubes for cocktails. How the hell do you steal a glacier, anyway? More »
Genuinely well aged Gizmodo readers might recall the old-fashioned Ice Box; for most of the rest of us it’s a part of history. History, in this case that could be repeating itself on a rather massive scale in Mongolia, as the capital looks to turn itself into a giant icebox. More »
Long known in assassin circles as a means of offing targets without leaving evidence, ice bullets now serve a less-than-lethal function — cooling your drinks. More »
You’re looking at Pine Island Glacier. It pushes more ice to the sea than any other glacier in the world. And that gigantic 18-mile-long canyon? That’s the birth point of a new gargantuan iceberg, larger than New York City. More »
Save this one for next winter or in case you get lost in the tundra without a lighter: Pick up some ice from a creek and polish it until you make a lens capable of igniting some foliage. [The Daily What]
