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Larsen Ice Shelf |
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Larsen Ice ShelfIce shelf in the northwestern Weddell Sea, adjoining the eastern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is named for Capt. Carl A. Larsen, who explored the ice front by boat in 1893. The shelf originally covered an area of 33,000 sq mi (86,000 sq km), excluding the numerous small islands within it, but, as air temperatures over the Antarctic Peninsula warmed slightly in the second half of the 20th century, the shelf shrank dramatically. By the early 21st century, it covered only 40 percent of its former area. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In February 2002, 3,250 square kilometers of the Larsen B ice shelf splintered into thousands of icebergs (SN: 3/30/02, p. But it took only five weeks for two thirds of Larsen B to break into thousands of icebergs. The Larsen B ice shelf--one of the many floating sections of ice that rim Antarctica--appears intact in an image from Feb. |
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