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Images of Ronne calving event, May 2000
5th may
- shows 2 bergs and some useful labelling, as follows:
Keith 1, 2: sub-ice thermistor strings
Berkner N Dome: marks the north dome of Berkner island. Berkner is the darker shaded area around said dome.
Depot 2000 and New Ronne Depot: fule depots for next field season. Depot 2000 has 2 AWSs (still reporting)
Filchner: AWS?
Ice tongue: misplaced label
7th may
- 2 days later. A third berg has broken off.
How to navigate on these pictures: the antarctic peninsula is to the left. Berkner island shows as a somewhat darker area to the right.
Map
A location map is displayed below:
This map is from the 1998 calving event so the purple dot is a little off... but its close.
Past last modified: 1/8/2003
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