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ice front

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ice front [′īs ‚frənt]
(hydrology)
The floating vertical cliff forming the seaward face or edge of an ice shelf or other glacier that enters water.


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A few museum highlights worth noting are the island's only wolf, which apparently braved a crossing over the sea ice front Siberia only to be shot, stuffed and encased as an exhibit, Japanese samurai swords and copies of Russian and Soviet documents that not-so-subtly fuel the flames of the dispute between Russia and Japan over possession of the South Kuril Islands.
Although it appeared stable at the time of their writing, they suggest that "if the [Larsen B] ice front were to retreat by a further few kilometers, it too is likely to enter an irreversible retreat phase.
 
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