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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ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:122163 2023-05-15T13:49:03+02:00 Ice blocks land on beach Lieser, JL 2017 application/pdf 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 en eng News Corp Australia http://ecite.utas.edu.au/122163/1/20171103_TheMercury.pdf Lieser, JL, Ice blocks land on beach, The Mercury, News Corp Australia, Australia, 03 November (2017) [Newspaper Article] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/122163 Earth Sciences Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience not elsewhere classified Newspaper Article NonPeerReviewed 2017 ftunivtasecite 2019-12-13T22:21:04Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Cooperation Sea East Antarctica Macquarie Island eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) East Antarctica Lone ENVELOPE(11.982,11.982,65.105,65.105) Cooperation Sea ENVELOPE(70.000,70.000,-67.000,-67.000) |
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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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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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http://ecite.utas.edu.au/122163/1/20171103_TheMercury.pdf Lieser, JL, Ice blocks land on beach, The Mercury, News Corp Australia, Australia, 03 November (2017) [Newspaper Article] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/122163 |
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