Breakup Continues on the Wilkins Ice Shelf - related image preview

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Breakup Continues on the Wilkins Ice Shelf

Wave action and glacial dynamics split another chunk of ice off of the Antarctic Peninsula in March 2013.


Image Copyright 2013 DigitalGlobe, Inc. and courtesy Paul Morin and William Risse, Polar Geospatial Center. Caption by Michon Scott with information from Ted Scambos, National Snow and Ice Data Center.
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Published May 25, 2013
Data acquired March 23, 2013

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