Ross Ice Shelf
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The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (an area of roughly 487 000 km2 and about 800 km across: about the size of France).Antarctic Hazards - British Antarctic Survey</ref> It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than 600 km long, and between 15 and 50 metres high above the water surface. Ninety percent of the floating ice, however, is below the water surface.
- Related: Iceberg B-17B, Nimrod Expedition, Ross Gyre
| Polar Discovery: Ross Sea Penguins and Lava Flows Polar Discovery: Ross Sea Penguins and Lava Flows polardiscovery.whoi.edu/expedition3/index.html - Web |
| Some pictures of the Ross Some pictures of the Ross www.vims.edu/bio/microbial/NBPishelf.html - Web |
| Massive ice shelf 'may collapse without warning' Massive ice shelf 'may collapse without warning' www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10412954 - Web |
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| Photograph of Ross Ice Shelf edge Photograph of Ross Ice Shelf edge www.davidbarrphotography.com - Web |
