Friday, December 9, 2011

NATURAL PHENOMEN … LAMBERT GLACIER, ANTARCTICA

 
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LAMBERT GLACIER, ANTARCTICA

In a world of shrinking glaciers it’s nice to know there’s always Lambert Glacier. The world’s longest glacier drains about 8% of the Antarctic ice sheet and is up to 400km long and 200km wide at the point where it reaches the Amery Ice Shelf. The shelf itself is a seaward extension of the Lambert, and is a source for one of the rarest and most beautiful sights in the natural world: bottlegreen icebergs, resulting from the high content of organic material inside the ice.

Getting to this extremely isolated part of Antarctica requires a long voyage and isn’t cheap, so it is visited only rarely – just one or two tourist ships a year come here.

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