Rumleren Glacier calves ice from its face in South Skjoldungen Fjord, Greenland (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Rumleren Glacier calves ice from its face in South Skjoldungen Fjord, Greenland

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Rumleren Glacier calves ice from its face in South Skjoldungen Fjord, Greenland.Calving is one of the processes scientists are examining to better understand how ice cliffsbreak apart and retreat.

 

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Photo by Catherine Walker, ©WHOI

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