Hikers on the staircase (430 steps) leading to the Ice Cave at the Sea of Ice of Montenvers in summer, Chamonix, Haute Savoie, France

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A small cable car and a pathway allows visitors to descend from the train station onto the Mer de Glace glacier, where they can enter a man made Ice Cave, cut into the living glacier.

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Location: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Haute-Savoie, France
Photo credit: © Simona Abbondio / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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