floating ice tongue of Petermann Glacier (also known as “Petermann Gletscher”) in north-western Greenland calved (Figure 1). The resulting “ice island ” had an area approxi-mately 4 times that of Manhattan Island (about 253±17 square kilometers). The ice island garnered much attention from the media...
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