Open AccessSome physical properties of lcebergs and a method for their destruction
Author(s) -
H. T. Barnes
Publication year - 1927
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, containing papers of a mathematical and physical character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9150
pISSN - 0950-1207
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1927.0033
Subject(s) - iceberg , glacier , geology , frost (temperature) , seabed gouging by ice , snow , glacial period , physical geography , climatology , antarctic sea ice , sea ice , oceanography , arctic ice pack , paleontology , geomorphology , geography
The icebergs which infest the North Atlantic have their origin in the glaciers of Greenland. The ice composing them is formed by compression of snow and frost, and in consequence possesses structural characteristics very different from those of ordinary ice, which we may call thermal ice. Glacial ice has been studied a great deal, and the literature on the subject is voluminous.