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Fracture in the Petermann Glacier, Greenland - Crack in the Petermann Glacier, Greenland - View of Petermann Glacier northwest of Greenland September 7, 2008. The glacier occupies an area of about 1300 km and occasionally releases large icebergs (at the top of the picture). This glacier already lost 87 km of its surface between 2000 and 2001. Between 10 and 24 July 2008, the glacier lost another 29 km. A huge breche with a fine fracture is visible at the bottom of the image; if it continues to expand, the glacier could see a third of its mass detach. Image obtained from the Terra satellite. Covering some 1,295 square kilometers (500 square miles) along the northwestern coast of Greenland, Petermann Glace's floating ice tongue is the Northern Hemisphere's largest, and it has occasionally calved large icebergs. Between 2000 and 2001, the glacier lost nearly 87 square kilometers (34 square miles). Between July 10 and July 24, 2008, the glacier lost another 29 square kilometers (11 square miles). The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on Nasa's Terra satellite captured this image of the rift on the Petermann Glacier on September 7, 2008. The rift, which appeared by 2001, is filled with thin ice and covered with snow. A thin fracture near the edge of the rift, however, indicates that it has continued to widen. After its initial formation, the rift on Petermann Glacier advanced toward the glacier front, widening as it moved. Satellite images from the 1990s show that rifts have developed in this region on the Petermann more than once, but previous rifts evolved differently than this one, which grew wider and longer. Byrd Polar Research Center scientists stated that if this rift extended completely across the glacier, the glacier could lose another 160 square kilometers (60 square miles) - - one third of its current length. The view shows areas of open water along the glacier's margins, and a profusion of ice fragmen
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Fracture in the Petermann Glacier, Greenland - Crack in the Petermann Glacier, Greenland - View of Petermann Glacier northwest of Greenland September 7, 2008. The glacier occupies an area of about 1300 km and occasionally releases large icebergs (at the top of the picture). This glacier already lost 87 km of its surface between 2000 and 2001. Between 10 and 24 July 2008, the glacier lost another 29 km. A huge breche with a fine fracture is visible at the bottom of the image; if it continues to expand, the glacier could see a third of its mass detach. Image obtained from the Terra satellite. Covering some 1,295 square kilometers (500 square miles) along the northwestern coast of Greenland, Petermann Glace's floating ice tongue is the Northern Hemisphere's largest, and it has occasionally calved large icebergs. Between 2000 and 2001, the glacier lost nearly 87 square kilometers (34 square miles). Between July 10 and July 24, 2008, the glacier lost another 29 square kilometers (11 square miles). The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on Nasa's Terra satellite captured this image of the rift on the Petermann Glacier on September 7, 2008. The rift, which appeared by 2001, is filled with thin ice and covered with snow. A thin fracture near the edge of the rift, however, indicates that it has continued to widen. After its initial formation, the rift on Petermann Glacier advanced toward the glacier front, widening as it moved. Satellite images from the 1990s show that rifts have developed in this region on the Petermann more than once, but previous rifts evolved differently than this one, which grew wider and longer. Byrd Polar Research Center scientists stated that if this rift extended completely across the glacier, the glacier could lose another 160 square kilometers (60 square miles) - - one third of its current length. The view shows areas of open water along the glacier's margins, and a profusion of ice fragmen

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