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Larsen Ice Shelf

American  
[lahr-suhn] / ˈlɑr sən /

noun

  1. an ice barrier in Antarctica, in the NW Weddell Sea, on the E coast of the Antarctic Peninsula: first explored 1893.


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“And then 2002, boom! Larsen Ice Shelf collapses, and we’re all like, ‘What just happened?’”

From Scientific American ● Mar. 21, 2022

One of the largest icebergs ever recorded has just broken away from the Larsen Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2017

But the disintegration of the Larsen Ice Shelf seems to be the result of a relatively recent--and perhaps ominous--change in Antarctica's climate.

From Time Magazine Archive

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