![Close-up of Tasman Glacier terminus in front of Mt Haidinger](http://static.sciencelearn.org.nz/images/images/000/002/795/full/SLH_Thin_Ice_ART_06_Disappearing_glaciers_Tasman_IceShelfs.jpg?1674168910)
Tasman Lake began as small meltwater ponds in the 1970s, and it is now more than 7 km long. Contact with the water causes the ice cliffs to calve.
Tasman Lake began as small meltwater ponds in the 1970s, and it is now more than 7 km long. Contact with the water causes the ice cliffs to calve.