{"id":323780,"date":"2025-01-18T14:18:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T08:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=323780"},"modified":"2025-01-18T14:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T08:48:14","slug":"siachen-glacier-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/siachen-glacier-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Siachen Glacier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>News:<\/strong> A private telecom service provider has deployed 4G and 5G connectivity services to Siachen Glacier.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">About Siachen Glacier<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_323781\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323781\" style=\"width: 358px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-323781 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Siachen-Glaciers.png?resize=358%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Siachen Glaciers\" width=\"358\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Siachen-Glaciers.png?w=1321&amp;ssl=1 1321w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Siachen-Glaciers.png?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Siachen-Glaciers.png?resize=1024%2C568&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Siachen-Glaciers.png?resize=768%2C426&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-323781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Hindu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Siachen Glacier is a <em><strong>piedmont glacier<\/strong><\/em> located in the <em><strong>Karakoram Range of the Himalayas.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">It lies between <em>Saltoro Ridge to the west<\/em> and the main <em>Karakoram range to the east.<\/em><\/span><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">It is the <em><strong>world\u2019s second longest non-polar glacier<\/strong><\/em>, after<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Fedchenko Glacier<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Tajikistan.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Siachen glacier is also known as the <em><strong>Third Pole<\/strong><\/em> as it contains more fresh water than is found anywhere else on Earth except for the polar ice caps.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">It is the <em><strong>major source<\/strong><\/em> of the<em> Nubra River<\/em>, a major tributary of the Shyok River.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Siachen Glacier is considered the <strong><em>world\u2019s highest battleground<\/em><\/strong> as India\u00a0and Pakistan have fought for control of the Siachen Glacier.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">In 1984, India took control of the glaciers under <strong><em>Operation Meghdoot.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Studies suggest an <em><strong>increased rate of melting of Siachen Glacier<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0in recent times due to climate change, heavy military presence, dumping of large amount of non-biodegradable wastes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: A private telecom service provider has deployed 4G and 5G connectivity services to Siachen Glacier.\u00a0 About Siachen Glacier\u00a0 Siachen Glacier is a piedmont glacier located in the Karakoram Range of the Himalayas.\u00a0 It lies between Saltoro Ridge to the west and the main Karakoram range to the east.\u00a0 It is the world\u2019s second longest&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/siachen-glacier-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Siachen Glacier<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10384,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-323780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10384"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}