Plaine Morte - black
Plaine Morte - black
Plaine Morte - black
Plaine Morte - black
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Plaine Morte - black

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Morteratsch Marvel, a poster-sized page out of the heroic journal of the iconic Morteratsch Glacier in Switzerland. This unique print can be ordered in Rhaetian or English and with a black, white or without frame.

Size: 30 x 40 cm. Delivery time: 5-8 working days.

About Morteratsch Glacier

The mighty Morteratsch Glacier is by surface area the largest glacier in the Bernina range of the Grisons Alps, in the southeast of Switzerland. In fact, with a length of over 5 km, it is the third longest glacier of the Eastern Alps! Its meltwater gathers in the Ova da Morteratsch and eventually flows, via the Donau, into the Black Sea.

The high accessibility make this glacier a major tourist attraction; the gravel road, which starts at the railway station of Morteratsch, is one of the most visited tracks in Switzerland all year round.

About the design

This print features a close up of the ablation area of the glacier. High melt rates are causing dramatic thinning and will eventually lead to the complete disappearance of ice at these lower altitudes.

The contour lines are calculated based on the latest elevation model by Swisstopo and are a representation of the glacier surface at one point in time.

Can you trace the extended contour line through the image? You'll surely find it on a different position in the next version!

We've centered the poster around a fixed coordinate (visible on the bottom of the poster / back of the postcard), in order to enable future comparison; as soon as there are updated elevation models, we'll update our designs!

Not a static fingerprint, but an evolving glacierprint. This is snapshot, frozen in time. For you and for your ice.

About the paper

All posters are printed on 250 GSM matte paper, which is made of 100% waste paper. It's FSC and Blue Angel certified and For Your Ice requests the paper producer to offset the unavoidable CO2 emissions.

For our postcards we use slightly heavier, matte, 300 GSM paper, which is wood-free and FSC certified.