Sentences with phrase «front edge of the ice»

Stresses from ice flowing over bedrock or around islands causes fracturing, and at the front edge of the ice this fracturing leads to iceberg calving.

As the front edge of the ice pulls away from the rim and enters deeper water, it can retreat much faster than before.

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Break up of a floating «ice shelf» in front of the glacier left tall ice «cliffs» at its edge.

RETREATING ICE Jakobshavn Glacier in western Greenland (its front edge, where ice is calving into the ocean, shown here in 2012) is one of the world's fastest - shrinking glaciers.

Ice shelves (the floating front edges of glaciers that extend tens to hundreds of miles offshore) melt more because of contact with ocean water below them than they do because of sunlight.

The aggressive - looking front fascia is enhanced by an ice - cube headlight arrangement, strip - styled daytime running lights around the outside edge of the headlight housing, as well as built - in quartered spot lights.

* Dimension: 256.6 x 175.3 x 9.7 mm * Weight: 588g * Display: 16M - color 10.1 ″ PLS LCD capacitive touchscreen of WXGA resolution (1280 x 800 pixels) * OS: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, TouchWiz UI * Chipset: 1 GHz dual - core processor * Camera: 3.2 MP autofocus camera with 1080p video recording; VGA front - facing camera * Memory: 16 / 32 GB of inbuilt storage, expandable via a microSD card slot * Connectivity: Voice and data connectivity with quad - band GSM / GPRS / EDGE and quad - band (850 / 900/1900 / 2100 MHz) UMTS, 21 Mbps HSDPA and HSUPA 5.76 Mbps support, video calls, dual - band Wi - Fi a / b / g / n, Wi - Fi Direct, Assisted GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, 30 - pin connector * Battery: 7,000 mAh * Misc: Gyro sensor, accelerometer sensor for automatic UI rotation, ambient light sensor, Adobe Flash Player 11 support, DivX / XviD support, TV - out (adapter required), USB host (via an adapter)

Walk the «Edge of the Glacier Trail» to get a great photo in front of glacier ice.

During a flight over the Pine Island Glacier ice shelf, the DC - 8 banks over the Amundsen Sea and the clean edge of the ice shelf front.