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An ice shelf is a floating extension of a continental ice sheet, which means generally the only place you find them is in Antarctica. When ice breaks off this ice shelf, which is adjacent to ocean water, it becomes a chunk of (freshwater) ice and floats off to its death. This is an ice berg.

Ice bergs refer to any ice in the ocean that has broken off from glaciers, so it doesn't necessarily have to break off an ice shelf. Ice bergs are separate from sea ice, however, which forms from sea water that freezes.

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What is the difference between an ice sheet and a ice berg?

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What does it mean that an ice berg has calved?

It means it has broken off of the ice shelf (which is attached to a continent), and is now free to float off into the ocean.


What are the two largest ice shelves in Antarctica?

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What do you get for tipping the ice berg?

1 you cant tip ice berg


What is the largest ice berg recorded?

The largest ice berg recorded is 173km high


What is the ice Shelf?

the Ross ice shelf


What is a mass of ice?

ice berg


Where is the secret catalog on the ice berg on club penguin?

There is NO secret catalog on the ice berg. The person who showed you a show on You Tube with a secret catalog on the ice berg is lying.


What is an ice shelf?

an ice shelf is a shelf of ice, which is floating on the water. There are several large ice shelves around Antarctica.


Where is the ice berg catalog?

well there actually no ice berg catalog if u think that their is its not true


What is the largest ice shelf?

the Ross ice shelf


What are some names of antarctica ice shelfs?

A few are named below: Ross ice shelf Ronne/Filchner ice shelf Riiser-Larsen ice shelf Larsen ice shelf