Ever since the Paleoproterozoic snowball Earth era, ca. 2.4 billion years ago (e.g. Hoffman & Schrag, 2000; Kirschvink, 1992), and beyond, the landscape of the planet Earth has been shaped up by the tremendous amount of scouring due to the repeated waxing and waning of ice masses. Over time, the dynamics of ice masses – a major part of Earth’s cryosphere – has played a crucial role in global climate through complex interactions and feedbacks between the atmosphere, biosphere, and oceans. The cryosphere remains as one of the major dynamical components of the Earth system, participating in the geomorphologic and climatic evolution of the planet.