The French Alps' Mer de Glace (Sea of Ice) valley glacier can be found on the Mont Blanc massif's northern flanks.
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It can be said to be the second-longest glacier in the Alps after the Aletsch Glacier and the longest and largest in France.
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An intricate ice grotto has been skillfully sculpted into the Mer de Glace every year for more than 50 years.
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The Ice Cave always closes in October so that maintenance may be done on it and fresh ice creations can be caved out.
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Tourists walk on a footbridge to visit the Grotte de Glace (Ice Cave) of the Mer de Glace (Sea of Ice) in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, in the French Alps.
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Tourists pose for pictures inside the Grotte.
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