Question

In 2000, a gargantuan iceberg broke away from the Ross Ice Sheet in Antarctica. It was approximately a rectangle with dimensions 295 km295 km long, 37.0 km37.0 km wide, and 250.0 m250.0 m thick.

What is the mass of this iceberg, given that the density of ice is 917 kg/m3917 kg/m3?

m=m=

×10

kgkg

How much heat transfer in joules is needed to melt the iceberg?

Q=Q=

×10

JJ

How many years would it take sunlight alone to melt ice this thick if the ice absorbs an average of 105 W/m2,105 W/m2, 12.0 h12.0 h per day?

t=t=

Answer 1

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