What strange forces saved one isolated section along the Upper Mississippi River from the repeated crushing and scouring effects of glaciers during the last two million years? And what pre-Ice Age throwbacks survived here in this unique geologic refuge that holds more Native American effigy mounds, petroglyph caves, strange geological features, and rare species than anywhere in the Midwest? These questions and more are answered in this captivating new documentary. A team of scientists embarks on a journey of exploration to expose both the science and threats behind three unique features of the zone - rare plants and animals, odd geological phenomenon, and striking remnants of a Native American pilgrimage like no other.

Ice has always moved. When glaciation took hold some 34 million years ago, interconnected rivers of ice combined to produce the Earth's vast ice sheets. As temperatures slowly warmed glaciers developed a unique balancing act; advancing and retreating to calibrate their annual winter accumulation against summer melt. Sometimes calving colossal icebergs into the sea. A positive feedback loop that has regulated the movement of ice for millions of years.

　　攀冰者心中都有的梦想，就是探索、征服世界上那些最令人叹为观止的冰体；然而如果冰都消失了，梦想又去哪里追寻？曾经攀爬冻结尼亚加拉大瀑布的攀冰大师威尔·加德就面临这样的难题。加德在2014年曾经前往非洲屋脊乞力马扎罗山，在山巅鬼斧神工的热带冰川上攀爬，留下了众多令人叹为观止的摄影作品；2020年2月，加德与团队重返乞力马扎罗，希望挑战乞力马扎罗山最危险、最具代表性的攀冰路线——梅斯纳尔路线，在路线消失前成为最后一个攀爬该路线的人。奥地利红牛的最新纪录片《消失的冰川》将通过加德梦想破碎的2020乞力马扎罗之行，直观地展现举世闻名的“乞力马扎罗之雪”的现状，从攀冰者的视角展现气候变化的残酷后果。

A short film about the joys of year-round naked swimming in the mountain lakes of Snowdonia, N.Wales.

Glaciers of the Winds is a one-hour documentary on the scientific exploration and retreat of the glaciers in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming. WyomingPBS will look at the big picture of how receding alpine glaciers will affect the ecosystem, municipalities, farmers, and ranchers downstream.