Antarctic iceberg breaking up and washing on to Macquarie Island

A lone iceberg that drifted from Antarctica to Macquarie Island has startedbreaking up in the warmer water, with ice chunks washing up on the Tasmanianislands shoreline.The iceberg is the first such sighting at Macquarie station since 2009 and sits about4-5km off the coast, with several blocks of ic...

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Main Author: Lieser, JL
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: News Limited 2017
Subjects:
Earth Sciences
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience not elsewhere classified
Antarctic
East Antarctica
Lone
Cooperation Sea
Antarc*
Antarctica
Iceberg*
Macquarie Island
Online Access:http://www.news.com.au/national/tasmania/antarctic-iceberg-breaking-up-and-washing-on-to-macquarie-island/news-story/cbfd3c421497bff1acf7fd9eddb4d088
http://ecite.utas.edu.au/122164
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Summary:A lone iceberg that drifted from Antarctica to Macquarie Island has startedbreaking up in the warmer water, with ice chunks washing up on the Tasmanianislands shoreline.The iceberg is the first such sighting at Macquarie station since 2009 and sits about4-5km 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 iceberglikely came from East Antarctica, possibly from the Cooperation Sea.

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