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plataformas de gelo

Ice that is attached to land but projects out to sea.

plataformas de gelo
1
A cavern in the wall (120 feet) of the shelf ice of the Mertz Glacier-Tongue
The Home of the Blizzard / Being the Story of the Australasian A...
2
The 'Flying-Fox' viewed from the floe-ice below the brink of the shelf ice on which the western party wintered
The Home of the Blizzard / Being the Story of the Australasian A...
3
A typical Table-Topped neve berg originating from floating Shelf Ice
The Home of the Blizzard / Being the Story of the Australasian A...
4
Ruth Siple is 70 m. from where it was thought to be; and George Getz Shelf Ice is now thought to be non-existent.
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