Scouted: Arctic Ice Shelf Fractures

2003-09-25 Thread Deborah Harrell
When I'd heard this, in a sleep-hazed, all-night-news fog, I thought they'd said Antarctic, and that they were referring to the Larsen shelf that broke up earlier this year. Wrong. http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/09/23/ice_arctic030923 ...RADARSAT images picked up the first sign of cracking in

Re: Scouted: Arctic Ice Shelf Fractures

2003-09-25 Thread aclipscomb
Deborah wrote: http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/09/23/ice_arctic030923 ...RADARSAT images picked up the first sign of cracking in April 2000. At some points the crack was 80 metres wide. Ice has floated on the sea for at least 3,000 years... ...Local warming since the 19th century is to

Re: Scouted: Arctic Ice Shelf Fractures

2003-09-25 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: brinl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Scouted: Arctic Ice Shelf Fractures Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 11:30:39 -0700 (PDT) When I'd heard this, in a sleep-hazed, all-night-news fog, I thought they'd said Antarctic