Aerts

Lisanne Aerts A moulin forms when water finds a crack in a glacier.

Taking on a Glacier 2011

Rotterdam Climate Initiative An artist's impression of Rotterdam's plans for a floating town with 1,200 homes "Investors see an opportunity to combine developing urban areas at the coast with defending the area behind it," says Jeroen Aerts , a flood insurance expert from the Institute for Environmental Studies in Amsterdam.

Fighting Back the Waves Vivienne Raper 2011

Lisanne Aerts "The key is to aim the ax at dimples in the ice," says Mr. Streever.

Taking on a Glacier 2011

Lisanne Aerts I practice climbing across a low vertical face.

Taking on a Glacier 2011

Lisanne Aerts Mr. Streever is outfitted with a harness, two ice axes and stiff climbing boots.

Taking on a Glacier 2011

Photos: Inside the Glacier Lisanne Aerts ICE HOLD | Climbing a vertical face, with the help of crampons and ice axes.

Into the Heart of the Ice Bill Streever 2011

Lisanne Aerts Glaciers are inescapably and uniquely beautiful, blue ice mixed with white snow forming rolling hills, sheer cliffs and long shallow ramps, surfaces reflecting light and casting shadows, the frozen mass creating its own cold winds.

Taking on a Glacier 2011

This amazing animation is a wonderful combination of real public space & cardboard animation filmed stop-motion, by Dutch animator Sjors Vervoort with audio by Steven Aerts.

Cardboard 2009

Lisanne Aerts Mr. Streever writes: "All that is left to do is to shimmy out, back toward the light, then up the tube, and into open air."

Taking on a Glacier 2011

Lisanne Aerts I go up and down, learning to move rhythmically, a hop-step-kick with a simultaneous swing of the ax, then another.

Taking on a Glacier 2011