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Greenpace: Petermann Glacier
Glacier connects the Greenland ice sheet with the Arctic Ocean. Floating ice tongue has a width of 15 km and a length of 70 km, the thickness of which ranges from about 600 m. At the base and about 30-80 m. At the edge.
Supposedly, according to rough estimates, about 80% of the mass of the glacier is a kind of water.
Greenpeace expedition found that as soon as glaciers have lost up to 100 square meters. kilometers of ice. This amount is enough to supply water to 10 years a city like Sydney, with a population estimated in 2006 was about 4, 28 million people.
Supposedly, according to rough estimates, about 80% of the mass of the glacier is a kind of water.
Greenpeace expedition found that as soon as glaciers have lost up to 100 square meters. kilometers of ice. This amount is enough to supply water to 10 years a city like Sydney, with a population estimated in 2006 was about 4, 28 million people.
