The forward movement, the melting at the base of the glacier where it meets the ocean, and waves and tidal action cause blocks of ice to break off and float out to sea.

冰川的向前移动，其底部与海洋接触处的融化，还有波浪和潮汐运动，导致冰块断裂，漂浮到海上。

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We must try to keep much ice possible and slow the speed of glacier melting.

我们必须尽量保持更多的冰，减缓冰川融化的速度。

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A 30-tonne (33-ton) chunk of ice broke off from the Tasman Glacier, and slid into Tasman Lake.

塔斯曼冰川上，重达30公吨(33吨)的冰块被折断，滑入塔斯曼海。

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"So,I ran a marathon and two days later I went ice climbing on a glacier.

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The Punta de Vacas gauge station is located 62 km downstream from Piloto Glacier, and the basin contains 3.0% of uncovered glacier ice and 3.7% of debris-covered ice.

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Al Gore and other perhaps less divinely inspired modern-day Noahs continue to speak out about an imminent threat of floods posed by rising ocean levels resulting from melting ocean and glacier ice.

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The west coast, one of the most beautiful areas of the Antarctic, is usually free of ice during the austral summer from November to March, and is famed for its pristine, glacier-clad peaks, glistening icebergs, pack ice and wildlife.

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