Ice blocks land on beach

A LONE iceberg that drifted from Antarctica to Macquarie Island has started breaking up in the warmer water, with ice chunks washing up on the Tasmanian islands shoreline.The iceberg is the first such sighting at Macquarie station since 2009 and sits about 4-5km off the coast, with several blocks of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lieser, JL
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: News Corp Australia 2017
Subjects:
Earth Sciences
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience not elsewhere classified
East Antarctica
Lone
Cooperation Sea
Antarc*
Antarctica
Macquarie Island
Online Access:http://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/antarctic-iceberg-breaking-up-and-washing-on-to-macquarie-island/news-story/cbfd3c421497bff1acf7fd9eddb4d088
http://ecite.utas.edu.au/122163
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Summary:A LONE iceberg that drifted from Antarctica to Macquarie Island has started breaking up in the warmer water, with ice chunks washing up on the Tasmanian islands shoreline.The iceberg is the first such sighting at Macquarie station since 2009 and sits about 4-5km off the coast, with several blocks of ice yesterday washing up on West Beach.Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC glaciologist Dr Jan Lieser said the iceberg likely came from East Antarctica, possibly from the Cooperation Sea.

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