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Giant Iceberg Drifts out to Antarctica

by m. rajaei on April 30, 2016 . In Image Gallery

Over the past two and a half years, several large icebergs have separated from the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica and some have made their way out into the Pacific Ocean to melt. Mainland Antarctica lies across the left side of the image. The Ross Ice Shelf is the solid, uniform white mass on the…(Read More)

MODIS image of the Ice flow from the Bering Strait southward to the Bering Sea

by a. taravat on March 18, 2014 . In Image Gallery

The Bering Sea (Russian, Beringovo More) is an enclosed sea adjacent to northernmost part of the Pacific Ocean at the surface. Therefore it called marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean. It connects with the Arctic Ocean through the Bering Strait which separates two continents by 85 kilometers. It is located to the south of the…(Read More)