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Ross Ice Shelf |
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Ross Ice ShelfWorld's largest body of floating ice. It lies at the head of the Ross Sea, which forms an enormous indentation in Antarctica. Its area is estimated to be about the size of France. The great white barrier wall of the shelf's front, first seen in 1841 by British explorer Capt. James C. Ross, rises in places to 200 ft (60 m). The ice shelf has been an important gateway for explorations of the Antarctic interior, including expeditions (1911–12) to the South Pole by Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott and Richard E. Byrd's expeditions (1928–41). It is the site of several permanent research stations. 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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By contrast, a gap in the Adelie fossil record between 27,000 and 13,000 years ago at all sites along the Ross Sea that have been analyzed chronicles the northward advance of the Ross ice shelf during that period, Emslie and his colleagues argue in the January Geology. research base on the eastern tip of Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf. The Ross Ice Shelf is located at what line of latitude on the map? |
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