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is constantly on the move. The great weight of the accumulating
ice and snow causes ice to spread slowly outwards toward the
edges of the ice cap. Nearing the sea, the ice is gradually
forced through gaps between the coastal mountains, scouring
a pathway through in the form of glaciers. Once the glaciers
reach the sea, they break off into tremendous icebergs that
crash into the water and drift away. Thus the snow that falls
on Greenland slowly but surely finds its way to the sea, where
it eventually melts and returns to the never-ending water
cycle--perhaps to fall once again as rain or snow on Greenland.
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Look
at the
Glacier Sketchbook.
Do you know how many different
types of glaciers there are?
The Discovery
Channel ONLINE has information on the different types of icebergs
and how they are formed.
Why
is it dangerous to climb an ice cap?
Do a milk carton glacier activity.
Have microworlds?
Download the
Greenland game construction kit!
View an iceberg's surface in this
video.
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