A team of geologists from Cornell University, examining the desolate Vavilov ice cap on the northern fringe of Siberia in the Arctic Circle, have for the first time witnessed the rapid ice loss from an unlikely new river of ice. Analyzing the ice cap over the years, the researchers believed they were observing a glacial surge, a temporary state in which snow buildup melts and flows over long time scales. Until this ice stream disclosure, the only other places where geologists had seen ice streams were Antarctica and Greenland. This study is offering geologists another important clue as to what occurs during global warming.