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And last year the Wilkins shelf, a huge plate of floating ice attached to the peninsula, started to break up, losing some 2,000 sq km in six months.

去年，与南极半岛相连的巨大盘状浮冰威尔金斯冰架开始碎裂，在六个月内失去大约两千平方公里。

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And last year the Wilkins shelf, a huge plate of floating ice attached to the peninsula, started to break up, losing some 2, 000 sq km in six months.

去年，与南极半岛相连的巨大盘状浮冰威尔金斯冰架开始碎裂，在六个月内失去大约两千平方公里。

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The Norwegians send teams out on to the floating ice to drill holes into it and extract cores to determine the ice's origin.

BBC: Arctic ice melting at 'amazing' speed, scientists find

For example, it has been shown how polar glaciers speed up when the floating ice shelves that block their way to the ocean are removed.

BBC: Under-ice flood speeds up glacier

Ice shelves are floating ice sheets attached to the coast.

CNN: Massive ice shelf on verge of breakup