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ANATOMY OFDATA.COM IVC RGS E BE Glacie IS r esult of form an accu mulatio n of land FRESH SNOW / WATER on as a over thousands of years. snow Successive lay ers compress e arlier accumulations at metreS, LAYERING FOR ABOUT 1 0 0 0 0 YEARS until, below 6 0 to 70 91асial іce is depths 6 0 - 7 0 METRES formed. IF BIRDS PERCHED ATOP IÇEBERGS SUDDENLY FLY OFF, IT MIGHT BE A SIGN THE ICEBERG IS ABOUT TO ROLL OR BREAK APART. A I. form w hen bre ak o ff, shelves then cebergs calve, lacier S chunks of from THE NORTH ATLANTIC ice oI AND THE COLD WATERS ice ceberg, a Éloats Generally, the to meters (16 or in arger ocean låke. SURROUNDING ANTARCTICA an OI chunks term of ice feet) [ICEBERG] larger acrosS. refers than ARE HOME TO MOST OF THE ICEBERGS ON EARTH. NEARLY UN In 1987 AN ICEBERG, WITH AN AREA OF 6,350 SQ. KM, CALVED 70% OF WORLDS' ALL FRESH WATER IS LOCKED IN THE POLAR ICE CAPS FROM THE ROSS ICE SHELF IN ANTARCTICA. IT WEIGHED ABOUT 1.4 TRILLION TONNES AND COULD HAVE PROVIDED EVERYONE IN THE WORLD WITH 240 TONNES OF PURE DRINKING WATER. ICEBERGS ARE MOSTLY WHITE BECAUSE THE ICE IS FULL OF TINY AIR BUBBLES THA ALMOST 90% REFLECT WHITE LIGHT. ICE THAT IS BUBBLE-FREE HAS A BLUE TINT WHICH IS DUE TO THE SAME LIGHTS PΜΟΜΕ ΝΟN THAT TINTS THE SKY. OF AN ICEBERG IS UNDER WATER Icebergs sometim es [COMMON SHAPES] with travel smashing up against the getting čaught in shallow oce an cuIrents, shore or w aters. TABULAR WEDGED PINNACLE [speed] [size] BLOCKY DOME DRY DOCK 0.7 KM/H 0.43 MPH [AVERAGE DRIFT SPEED] THE AVERAGE WEIGHT FOR A GRAND BANKS-AREA ICEBERG IS 100,000-200 , 000 TONNES - ABOUT THE SIZE OF A [CUBIC 15-STOREY BUILDING]. BERGY BITS ICEBERGS DON'T HAVE GROWLERS A CONSISTENT SPEED. THE SIZE AND SHAPE OE AN ICEBERG, OCEAN CURRENTS, WAVES, AND WIND ALL AFFECT ITS SPEED, AND BECAUSE OF THESE FORCES OFTEN Icebergs ships Atlantic and th ě waters around Antarctica. sank near Newfoundland 1912. t welve other countries formed the [International Ice Patrol] to warn ships of icebergs in the Nort h Atlantic. THESE SMALLER PIECES ARE pose traversing the North a danger to TRAVELS AN IRREGULAR HAZARDOUS TO SHIPS BECAUSE PATH. THE AVERAGE RADAR MAY NOT PICK THEM After the Titanic in the United States and DRIFT SPEED IS AROUND UP AS THEY BOB UP AND DOWN 0.7 KM/H, ALTHOUGH AMONG THE WAVES. SPEEDS GREATER THAN 3.6 KM/H HAVE ALSO BEEN RECORDED. often shape degree s of me ans unstab le. with meltin g can tip and roll com - without Icebergs I andom varvi are very combin ed The the and roll DESIGN: ng breakup the or suddenly domed - ergs ma y in šeconds re ason . ANATOMY OFDATA.COM wedge - shaped рletel у any ар over appare nt SOURCES OF DATA: HTTP://WWW. NEWFOUNDLANDLABRADOR.COM/THINGSTOD0/ICEBERGFACTS HTTP://NSIDC.ORG/CRYOSPHERE/QUICKFACTS/ICEBERGS.HTML HTTP://WWW.ICEBERGCANADA.COM/HOW-DO-ICEBERGS- FORM.HTM HTTP://WWW.ICEBERGFINDER.COM/ HTTP://VIRTUALANTARCTICA.COM/ BOOK: HTTP: //WWW.FLANKERPRESS.COM/ICEBERGS.SHTML © 2013 ANATOMYOFDATA.COM ANATOMY OFDATA.COM IVC RGS E BE Glacie IS r esult of form an accu mulatio n of land FRESH SNOW / WATER on as a over thousands of years. snow Successive lay ers compress e arlier accumulations at metreS, LAYERING FOR ABOUT 1 0 0 0 0 YEARS until, below 6 0 to 70 91асial іce is depths 6 0 - 7 0 METRES formed. IF BIRDS PERCHED ATOP IÇEBERGS SUDDENLY FLY OFF, IT MIGHT BE A SIGN THE ICEBERG IS ABOUT TO ROLL OR BREAK APART. A I. form w hen bre ak o ff, shelves then cebergs calve, lacier S chunks of from THE NORTH ATLANTIC ice oI AND THE COLD WATERS ice ceberg, a Éloats Generally, the to meters (16 or in arger ocean låke. SURROUNDING ANTARCTICA an OI chunks term of ice feet) [ICEBERG] larger acrosS. refers than ARE HOME TO MOST OF THE ICEBERGS ON EARTH. NEARLY UN In 1987 AN ICEBERG, WITH AN AREA OF 6,350 SQ. KM, CALVED 70% OF WORLDS' ALL FRESH WATER IS LOCKED IN THE POLAR ICE CAPS FROM THE ROSS ICE SHELF IN ANTARCTICA. IT WEIGHED ABOUT 1.4 TRILLION TONNES AND COULD HAVE PROVIDED EVERYONE IN THE WORLD WITH 240 TONNES OF PURE DRINKING WATER. ICEBERGS ARE MOSTLY WHITE BECAUSE THE ICE IS FULL OF TINY AIR BUBBLES THA ALMOST 90% REFLECT WHITE LIGHT. ICE THAT IS BUBBLE-FREE HAS A BLUE TINT WHICH IS DUE TO THE SAME LIGHTS PΜΟΜΕ ΝΟN THAT TINTS THE SKY. OF AN ICEBERG IS UNDER WATER Icebergs sometim es [COMMON SHAPES] with travel smashing up against the getting čaught in shallow oce an cuIrents, shore or w aters. TABULAR WEDGED PINNACLE [speed] [size] BLOCKY DOME DRY DOCK 0.7 KM/H 0.43 MPH [AVERAGE DRIFT SPEED] THE AVERAGE WEIGHT FOR A GRAND BANKS-AREA ICEBERG IS 100,000-200 , 000 TONNES - ABOUT THE SIZE OF A [CUBIC 15-STOREY BUILDING]. BERGY BITS ICEBERGS DON'T HAVE GROWLERS A CONSISTENT SPEED. THE SIZE AND SHAPE OE AN ICEBERG, OCEAN CURRENTS, WAVES, AND WIND ALL AFFECT ITS SPEED, AND BECAUSE OF THESE FORCES OFTEN Icebergs ships Atlantic and th ě waters around Antarctica. sank near Newfoundland 1912. t welve other countries formed the [International Ice Patrol] to warn ships of icebergs in the Nort h Atlantic. THESE SMALLER PIECES ARE pose traversing the North a danger to TRAVELS AN IRREGULAR HAZARDOUS TO SHIPS BECAUSE PATH. THE AVERAGE RADAR MAY NOT PICK THEM After the Titanic in the United States and DRIFT SPEED IS AROUND UP AS THEY BOB UP AND DOWN 0.7 KM/H, ALTHOUGH AMONG THE WAVES. SPEEDS GREATER THAN 3.6 KM/H HAVE ALSO BEEN RECORDED. often shape degree s of me ans unstab le. with meltin g can tip and roll com - without Icebergs I andom varvi are very combin ed The the and roll DESIGN: ng breakup the or suddenly domed - ergs ma y in šeconds re ason . ANATOMY OFDATA.COM wedge - shaped рletel у any ар over appare nt SOURCES OF DATA: HTTP://WWW. NEWFOUNDLANDLABRADOR.COM/THINGSTOD0/ICEBERGFACTS HTTP://NSIDC.ORG/CRYOSPHERE/QUICKFACTS/ICEBERGS.HTML HTTP://WWW.ICEBERGCANADA.COM/HOW-DO-ICEBERGS- FORM.HTM HTTP://WWW.ICEBERGFINDER.COM/ HTTP://VIRTUALANTARCTICA.COM/ BOOK: HTTP: //WWW.FLANKERPRESS.COM/ICEBERGS.SHTML © 2013 ANATOMYOFDATA.COM