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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Desalinated seawater frozen to the base of some Antarctic [[ice shelves]] that becomes exposed to view when an [[iceberg]] separates from the shelf and capsizes.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The green color of the [[ice]], and of the seawater from which it froze, is due to dissolved organic matter.</div><br/> </div> | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Desalinated seawater frozen to the base of some Antarctic [[ice shelf|ice shelves]] that becomes exposed to view when an [[iceberg]] separates from the shelf and capsizes.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The green color of the [[ice]], and of the seawater from which it froze, is due to dissolved organic matter.</div><br/> </div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:05, 25 April 2012
green iceberg
Desalinated seawater frozen to the base of some Antarctic ice shelves that becomes exposed to view when an iceberg separates from the shelf and capsizes.
The green color of the ice, and of the seawater from which it froze, is due to dissolved organic matter.
