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
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Language:English
Published: News Limited 2017
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Online Access:http://www.news.com.au/national/tasmania/antarctic-iceberg-breaking-up-and-washing-on-to-macquarie-island/news-story/cbfd3c421497bff1acf7fd9eddb4d088
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spelling ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:122164 2023-05-15T13:49:03+02:00 Antarctic iceberg breaking up and washing on to Macquarie Island Lieser, JL 2017 application/pdf 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 en eng News Limited http://ecite.utas.edu.au/122164/1/20171103_NewsCom.pdf Lieser, JL, Antarctic iceberg breaking up and washing on to Macquarie Island, News.com.au, News Limited, Australia, 03 November (2017) [Media Interview] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/122164 Earth Sciences Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience not elsewhere classified Media Interview NonPeerReviewed 2017 ftunivtasecite 2019-12-13T22:21:04Z 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. Text Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Cooperation Sea East Antarctica Iceberg* Macquarie Island eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) Antarctic 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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Antarctic iceberg breaking up and washing on to Macquarie Island
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description 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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Lieser, JL, Antarctic iceberg breaking up and washing on to Macquarie Island, News.com.au, News Limited, Australia, 03 November (2017) [Media Interview]
http://ecite.utas.edu.au/122164
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