Waterfall, Brasvellbreen Ice Wall, SvalbardThe sound is what I remember first. Standing on the deck of a small expedition vessel, the crack and groan of ice carried across the water long before we were close enough to see the detail. Brasvellbreen stretches nearly 30 kilometres across the northeast coast of Svalbard, and sections of it were actively falling apart. This waterfall had formed where meltwater was cutting through a deep recess in the glacier face. The ice itself is layered in bands