2010 The new iceberg, named C-28, measuring about 78 km long and 39 wide, with an area of 2 500 km2, equivalent to that of Luxembourg. Since the collision, the two icebergs drifted together  to a polynya, that is to say an area of Wed  Free surrounded by drifting ice. Polynyas are sources of dense water, cold and salt – the “deep water” – which descend to the seabed and contribute to the Traffic  ocean. If icebergs are stationed in the area of the polynyas, they could prevent the formation of these deep waters. This means that less oxygen is injected into the deep currents that drive the oceans and may have implications for marine life in the region. Mertz Glacier, length 72 km wide and about 32 km, flows into the Southern Ocean, off the Ground King George V, in East Antarctica. It gives birth to a tongue of ice 160 km that stretches North  the ocean surface in the general direction of Australia. The ice tongue is crossed by numerous faults (visible) which were developed years before the collision. The iceberg B-9B was separated from the giant iceberg B-9 itself from the Great Barrier ice in the Antarctic Ross West in 1987. He was deported to the west and in 1992 he had failed at least 100 km east of the ice tongue of Mertz Glacier, where he remained until last month. The image at right shows the positions of the tongue of Mertz Glacier and the iceberg B-9B in December 2007. The National Ice Center, located in Maryland (USA), provides descriptions of the iceberg more than 10 nautical miles (19 km) long and situated at a distance of South Pole. The designations are assigned based on location and date of separation initial from a glacier or ice shelf. The first letter indicates one of four quadrants of Antarctica, from A to D, where quadrant In facing the American South, while the quadrant C is facing Australia. A sequential number is then assigned to the iceberg, according to the number of icebergs big enough to be identified which are separated from each quadrant since 1976. Thus, C-28 is the 28th iceberg to be formed in quadrant C. The ASAR (Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar) Envisat acquired this image from February 10 to March 4 in “wide swath”, capable of providing a ground resolution of 150 m. The ASAR can not only see through clouds and darkness, but also distinguish between different types of sea ice Source and illustration: ESA
This pretty young girl wasn’t famous, but 10 year old Jasmine McClain is still relevant to the remembrance of the forgotten stars. She may not be known to us from a Disney show or a teen pop group, but I want to feature her. Jasmine hung herself in her bedroom because she couldn’t handle another day of being bullied at school. Students admitted that she was bullied extremely badly because of the clothes and shoes she wore - her family couldn’t afford name brand clothes.
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