Creationist Perspectives
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It is likely there were no polar ice caps prior to the global flood, but the earth instead possessed somewhat globally uniform temperatures. During the flood of Noah, the quantity of the earth's surface covered in water increased dramatically. During the flood or as the waters began to evaporate and recede, vast glaciers developed. The "ice age" probably began at the very end of the Biblical flood. These frozen volumes of water lowered the ocean levels relative to today allowing the animals that left Noah's ark to reach areas that are currently inaccessible by land. The migration of the animals to continents such as the Americas would not have been possible without the glacial bridge known as the Bering Strait.
It is obvious there have been severe climatic fluctuations in earth's history resulting in formation of vast glaciers. The global flood severely compromised our ecosystem, and transformed the planet into a recovering wasteland. The geologic ages, and ice ages that are believed to have occurred over vast periods of time were actually formed rapidly as a result of the Biblical global flood.
The above animation is used
with permission from the
Illinois State Museum GIS Lab
Articles on the Ice Age and Glaciation by Creationists
- A Glacial Glitch for Uniformitarian Long-Age Dogmas by John Woodmorappe
- An Ice Age Caused by the Genesis Flood, by Jon Covey
- Arctic Circle Arctic Resource Site
- Controversy about the Glacial Theory by Douglas Cox
- Do Greenland ice cores show over one hundred thousand years of annual layers by Michael J. Oard
- Drumlins and Diluvial Currents by Douglas Cox
- Drumlins and subglacial meltwater by Douglas Cox
- Glacier Image Database
- Ice Age and the Genesis Flood AnswersMedia Real Audio Program
- Ice Ages Exhibit Illinois State Museum Online
- Ice Cores and the Age of the Earth ICR Impaact 226 by Larry Vardiman. Ph.D.
- Journal of Glacial Geology and Geomorphology
- On Finding an Ice-Age Book by Bernard Northrup
- Out of Whose Womb Came the Ice ICR Impact No. 254 by Larry Vardiman, Ph.D.
- Problems in the Glacial Theory by Douglas Cox
- Q&A: Ice Age Questions and Answers by the Answers in Genesis Ministry
- Rapid Changes in Oxygen Isotope Content of Ice Cores Caused by Fractionation and Trajectory Dispersion Near the Edge of an Ice Shelf by Larry Vardiman
- References on Glaciation by GRI
- Subcrustal Ice Earth Model by Douglas Cox
- Tackling the big freeze by Carl Wieland Creation 19(1):42–43 December 1996
- The Chalky and other Post-Tertiary Clays of Eastern England by Henry H. Howorth
- The Destruction and Shattering of the Chalk of Eastern England by Henry H. Howorth
- The Flood is the only model to explain the Ice Age by the ONU Creation Science Club
- The Ice Age and the Genesis Flood by Michael Oard - ICR Impact 168
- Was there an Ice Age? by AIG
Secular Resources
- CVO Menu - Glaciers and Glaciations, Ice Sheets and Glacial Lakes
- Ice Age Illinois State Museum
Current Glaciers
White areas show ice sheets and other glaciers around the world.
The white spots in the oceans are islands where glaciers are found.
Reproduced from National Geographic WORLD (February 1977, no. 18, p. 6).
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