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A quick or sharp movement from the glacier could cause the crevasse. Fast increases in temperature or the overall global warming can cause the glaciers to form crevasses as well. Also in some cases water flows can cause or deepen crevasses.
If you're heading to the North Pole by sled, watch out you don't fall into a crevasse â a deep fissure or crack in the snow or ice. Similar to the term crevice, though crevice usually refers to a fissure in a rock face. Neither one is a nice place to get stuck. The word crevasse, as its spelling suggests, comes from an old French word, the verb crevare, meaning to burst or break, and indicating how a crevasse was formed in the first place.