09.03.08
Ice shelf disintergration
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080903.ICE03//TPStory/Science
Huge sections of northern ice shelf lost in August, researchers report
MATTHEW CAMPBELL
September 3, 2008
Massive pieces of Canada’s northern ice shelf broke away in early
August, a team of researchers reported yesterday. The 50-square-
kilometre Markham shelf, located on the northern coast of Ellesmere
Island, is now floating free in the Arctic ocean along with a larger
portion of the Serson shelf.