Icy Warning from Antarctica and Beyond

Icy Warning from Antarctica and Beyond

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Wilkins Ice Shelf, May 30, 2008
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Wilkins Ice Shelf, July 9, 2008

Ice Shelves shrink in summer and grow in the winter. But a large ice shelf in Antarctica has been shrinking rapidly even though its wintertime down under.

The Wilkins Ice Shelf is “hanging on by a thread” or an ice bridge right now. And, it could break apart at any time.

This has scientists concerned because there is no evidence of an ice shelf ever melting during the winter.

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