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Effects of winds on glaciers flowing from the Greenland ice sheet into fjords.

Effects of winds on glaciers flowing from the Greenland ice sheet into fjords.
Effects of winds on glaciers flowing from the Greenland ice sheet into fjords.
Effects of winds on glaciers flowing from the Greenland ice sheet into fjords.
Effects of winds on glaciers flowing from the Greenland ice sheet into fjords.
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Cook, John E.
Effects of winds on glaciers flowing from the Greenland ice sheet into fjords.
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04/01/2010
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 48, No. 1, pg. 16:
When storm winds blow--
Glaciers flow slowly from the upper reaches of the Greenland ice sheet down toward fjords on the coast. Chunks of ice calve off the glaciers ice tongue, a floating shelf of ice extending from the front of the glacier out onto the waters of the fjord. Prevailing storm winds push cooler surface waters toward the glacier and drive deeper, warmer waters in the fjord away from the glacier.
Illustration by Jack Cook
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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