Melt Of Norwegian Glacier Produces Cathedral-Like Grotto Beneath It - AftenPosten

Large quantities of water from melting ice have created what researchers are calling a "sensational" grotto under one of Norway's major glaciers. The researchers discovered the grotto last fall under the Nigard Glacier, an arm of the famed Jostedal Glacier in Luster, in the western county of Sogn og Fjordane.

Experts have been worrying about the melting of Norway's glaciers for years. Now they've found what some call an "exclusive" side-effect of the melting activity. "The glacier is changing all the time, and we have found grottos earlier, but I have never seen anything as large as the grotto we have discovered now," glacier expert Bjørnar Bjørhusdal told Aftenposten.no.

Peder Kjærvik, leader of the information center for Jostedalsbreen Nasjonalpark (Breheimsenteret), said an earlier grotto was found in the 1970s, but this one is much bigger.

Bjørhusdal and another local expert who conducts guided expeditions over the glacier found what they're calling an "ice cathedral" in November. They were out checking changes in the glacier when they spotted a "port" between the ground and the ice.

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