Bindschadler scouted locations for the expedition in 2008, when he became the first person to set foot on the crevasse-riddled Pine Island Glacier tongue.
在2008年宾薛得勒曾前来侦查要考察的地点，那时他是第一个涉足这满布裂缝的松岛冰川舌的人。
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In the 1960s, melt water began collecting at the foot of the glacier, creating Imja Tsho.
在二十世纪六十年代时，融化了的水开始在冰川脚下汇集，形成了Imja Tsho冰川湖。
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The 2,582-meter (9,357-foot) stratovolcano is mantled by a 30-square-kilometer (10-square-mile) glacier field, most of it amassed south and east of the summit in a basin made by a caldera depression.