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Question: How many glaciers in Alaska have floating
termini (or terminuses and which is it)?
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Answer:
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None - all the calving glaciers in Alaska fill their
fjords completely to the bed. Ice shelves (floating ice at
a glacier’s terminus) occur only on the "cold" glaciers in
Antarctica and Greenland. In Alaska, parts of some
retreating calving glaciers are close to floating (such as
Columbia and Portage Glaciers). (Both "termini" and
"terminuses" are correct terms. I prefer "termini" because
it’s easier to pronounce.) |
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