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Climate Change
Recently a research ship got stuck in the
Antarctic sea ice, despite reports that thick
ice formed around the ship this is actually
untrue. The ship got stuck in area where
the floating sea ice was more densely populated; this made it more difficult for the
ship to navigate through.
Climate and climate change, are complex in
Antarctica, geologically the region has two
distinctive regions, East Antarctica and west
Antarctica. Separated by the Trans Antarctic
Mountains but connected by the vast ice
sheet. The vast expanse makes climate
change less uniform than that of the Arctic,
where climate change effects can be seen
more dramatically. The interior ice sheets
and glaciers over the past decades have
shown significant ice loss, this is mainly in
west Antarctic. However in the Ross Sea area
there has been increased sea ice. The Ross
see is situated in West Antarctica bordering the Trans Antarctic Mountains. Possible
ICY SCIENCE | QTR 1 2014