This post reveals the nature of what #33 in this series was also looking at – a glacier’s surface.
This post shows rather more of the same glacier, which is one of circa 7,000 in Pakistan.
Outside polar and near-polar regions, northernmost Pakistan is the most-glaciated place; the Karakoram has several of the world’s longest and biggest, non-polar “rivers of ice”.
You are looking at what is most commonly known as the Hoper Glacier, but sometimes rendered as “Hopper”, “Hopar” and “Hooper”.
It also has another name, altogether: Bualtar Glacier.
Its nickname: “the black glacier”.
Reportedly, the Hoper/Bualtar is currently the world’s second-fastest-moving glacier.
By Karakoram standards, it is not very long/big.
Various figures are given for the Hoper Glacier’s length; 18 kilometres is the most common.
Eventually, Pelican Yoga will showcase various aspects of the Hoper, including the surprising lizards who thrive “on the rocks”, adjacent.
(Photo is ©️ Doug Spencer, taken at 11.09 am on 21 May 2024. The Hoper Glacier is in the Nagar Valley, which is within easy day-tripping distance of the Hunza Valley)