ice shelf
ice shelf
Definition
ice shelf
noun
a thick mass of glacial ice extending along a polar shore, often resting on the bottom near the shore with the seaward edge afloat: it may protrude hundreds of miles out to sea
ice shelf
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- float: The AUI program is exploring the marine environment beneath floating ice shelves using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle ( AUV ) called Autosub.
Adjective modifier
- Antarctic: Antarctic ice shelves that existed for thousands of years are crumbling.
- floating: Unlike the melting of sea ice or the floating ice shelves along coasts, the melting of ice on land raises sea level.
- more: BAS glaciologist Dr. David Vaughan said, " In 1998, BAS predicted the demise of more ice shelves around the Antarctic Peninsula.
Modifies a noun
- collapse: Images and pictures of the ice shelf collapse are available from the BAS press office.
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