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Gold Mine Dream Jump
Meanwhile, in Poland…
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1000 metres of rope
120 metres underground
78 metres high
4 seconds freefall
A new Arctic sea ice record?
Measurements taken from NASA’s Aqua satellite have shown that the area covered be sea ice in the Arctic Ocean this year came narrowly close to the record low set in 2007, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). The animation below shows how sea ice cover has changed since early March until [...]
Read moreThe Welsh Ice Cap
During the last glacial maximum ~20 thousand years ago, Britain and Ireland became engulfed by a large and dynamic ice sheet. Wales played an important part, hosting its own semi-independent ice cap with accumulation centres located on Snowdonia, the Cambrian Mountains and the Brecon Beacons. Ice is thought to have covered all summits in Wales, [...]
Read moreWhen glaciers attack
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq_pg5gi2PI ‘…miraculously, no-one is killed.’ The Miage Glacier, on the Italian side of Mont Blanc.
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