Jakobshavn Isbrae (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Jakobshavn Isbrae

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These icebergs recently calved from the front of the north branch of Jakobshavn Isbrae, a large outlet glacier that drains 6.5 percent of the Greenland ice sheet. The fact that they are upright, indicated by their dirty and crevassed surfaces, suggests they calved from the floating end of a glacier.

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Ian Joughin/University of Washington

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