Jakobshavn Iceberg (IMAGE)

University of Colorado at Boulder

Jakobshavn Iceberg

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An iceberg calved in the the Jakobshavn fjord in 2005. The Jakobshavn Glacier has sped up two-fold in the last decade as the result of melt water lubricating the glacier bed.

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Konrad Steffen, University of Colorado at Boulder

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