I hope VE8RCS/VY0 isn't floating away!
By CHARMAINE NORONHA, Associated Press Writer TORONTO - A chunk of ice shelf nearly the size of Manhattan has broken away from Ellesmere Island in Canada's northern Arctic, another dramatic indication of how warmer temperatures are changing the polar frontier, scientists said Wednesday. <img width=1 height=1 alt="" src="http://us.bc.yahoo.com/b?P=Ib2AsdG_Rt163JxiRwE90AeyQczCgki.3kIAADHd&T=1a1vvve42%2fX%3d1220468290%2fE%3d84897337%2fR%3dnews%2fK%3d5%2fV%3d2.1%2fW%3dH%2fY%3dYAHOO%2fF%3d1624909301%2fH%3dY2FjaGVoaW50PSJuZXdzIiBjb250ZW50PSJDYW5hZGE7aXQ7d2VhdGhlcjtJdDtjb2xkO29pbDtyZWZ1cmxfY21fbXlfeWFob29fY29tIiByZWZ1cmw9InJlZnVybF9jbV9teV95YWhvb19jb20iIHRvcGljcz0icmVmdXJsX2NtX215X3lhaG9vX2NvbSI-%2fQ%3d-1%2fS%3d1%2fJ%3d7747BFD1&U=13f5d2ek7%2fN%3d2VNFC9G_XLc-%2fC%3d674272.12804963.13083852.1442997%2fD%3dLREC%2fB%3d5406809%2fV%3d1";>Derek Mueller, an Arctic ice shelf specialist at Trent University in Ontario, told The Associated Press that the 4,500-year-old Markham Ice Shelf separated in early August and the 19-square-mile shelf is now adrift in the Arctic Ocean. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080903/ap_on_re_ca/arctic_ice_shelf_2 -- Jim Reisert AD1C/Ø, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.us ----------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org -----------------------------------------------------------
