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Breakup of Pack Ice, Antarctic Ice Shelf
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STS048-152-007 (12-18 Sept 1991) --- The periphery of the Antarctic ice shelf and the Antarctic Peninsula were photographed by the STS 48 crew members. Strong offshore winds, probably associated with katabatic winds from the interior of the continent, are peeling off the edges of the ice shelf into ribbons of sea ice, icebergs, bergy bits and growlers into the cold waters of the circum-Antarctic southern ocean.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineBreakup of Pack Ice, Antarctic Ice Shelf. NASA/JSC, 1991-09-18. Public domain. ID: s48-152-007.
