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Earth Observation, Satellites

Greenland Glacier Calves Another Huge Ice Island

24 Jul , 2012 by Jason Major

Petermann glacier, a 70 km (43 mile) long tongue of ice that flows into the Arctic Ocean in northwest Greenland, recently calved an “ice island” approximately 130 square kilometers (50 sq. miles) — about twice the area of Manhattan. The image above, acquired by NASA’s Terra satellite, shows the ice island as it drifts toward […]

Climate, Earth, glacier, greenland, ice, July 2012, NASA, Petermann, Terra

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