Sentences with phrase «first cracks in the ice»
Still, like the first cracks in the ice of late winter, North Korean leader Kim Jong - un's symbolic step into South Korea may be a harbinger of change.
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Scientists first detected a rift in the glacier in October 2011 during flights for NASA's Operation IceBridge.By July 2013, infrared and radar images indicated that the crack had cut completely across the ice shelf to the southwestern edge.
As there is no question the Arctic has warmed faster than anywhere else, with huge cracks appearing for the first time in recorded history in old ice across the cap just recently, and with last year's record melt and the winter recovery well below the average for the 29 years satellite data has been collected, the GISTEMP record may be given more credence.
First, a new crack in the ice shelf developed near the center of the glacier the last 12 months.
In the short time I was there, I witnessed the extreme melting rate first hand as the sound of ice cracking was an instant background noise while painting.
When we first arrived at base camp at the beginning of April, the crack in the ice block on the West Ridge was pretty small — now it is probably between 5 and 7 metres wide.