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Astrolabe Glacier Calving

March 30, 2011 by Steve Mentz Leave a Comment

This is something to worry about, in terms of sea level rise, but it’s also quite beautiful.  This glacier, in eastern Antarctica, has been calving regularly for years, & this process is not usual for the region, though the past two decades have seen much more calving in Antarctica and Greenland.

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Steve Mentz
Professor of English
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