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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Travel
Gemma Bowes

Nature's ice palace: inside a glacier

Hintertuxer Glacier : Hintertux Glacier Austria
Found by accident by a guide on the Hintertux glacier, the ice cave has been turned into a tourist attraction allowing the curious to take a peek into the frozen netherworld Photograph: Anna Batchelor/Guardian
Hintertux Glacier : Hintertux Glacier Austria
Access is by a circular hole set into a bank of snow several metres deep Photograph: Anna Batchelor/Guardian
Hintertux Glacier : Hintertux Glacier Austria
A ladder leads the way to a chamber illuminated by an electric lamp Photograph: Anna Batchelor/Guardian
Hintertux Glacier : Hintertux Glacier Austria
It is like Alice down the marmot hole, and you emerge into a staggeringly beautiful crystallised cavern Photograph: Anna Batchelor/Guardian
Hintertux Glacier : Hintertux Glacier Austria
Huge ice crystals and seven-metre stalactites adorn the cavern Photograph: Anna Batchelor/Guardian
Hintertux Glacier : Hintertux Glacier Austria
The crevasse is 25 metres below the ski pistes, totally cut off from life Photograph: Anna Batchelor/Guardian
Hintertux Glacier : Hintertux Glacier Austria
Long corridors lead to blue-tinged chambers Photograph: Anna Batchelor/Guardian
Hintertux Glacier : Hintertux Glacier Austria
And eventually emerge into a dazzling white cavern called the 'ice palace' Photograph: Anna Batchelor/Guardian
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