Serson Ice Shelf
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The Serson Ice Shelf is a major ice shelf located on the northern coast of Ellesmere Island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It measured approximately 47 square miles (120 km2) until 60 percent[1]of it broke away in two large sections[2] during summer 2008.[3]
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- ^ "Climate Change: Ice Chunk the Size of Manhattan Splits from Canadian Glacier". sciam.com. 2008-09-04. http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=climate-change-ice-chunk-the-size-o-2008-09-04. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
- ^ "Ice shelves suffered major melting over summer". cbc.ca. 2008-09-02. http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/09/02/science-ice.html?ref=rss. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
- ^ "Study Merges Decade Of Arctic Data As Ice Collapses Into The Sea". 2008-09-25. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922195943.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
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