NASA Photo ID: STS048-152-007      File Name: 10065074.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 09/18/91
  Title: Breakup of Pack Ice, Antarctic Ice Shelf
  Description:
  Breakup of Pack Ice along the periphery of the Antarctic Ice Shelf (53.5S, 
  3.0E) produced this mosaic of ice floes off the Antarctic Ice Shelf. 
  Strong offshore winds, probably associated with strong katabatic downdrafts 
  from the interior of the continent, are seen peeling off the edges of the
  ice  shelf into long filamets of sea ice, icebergs, bergy bits and growlers
  to  flow northward into the South Atlantic Ocean.   53.5S, 3.0E              
  
  Subject terms:
  ANTARCTIC REGIONS                       
  ATLANTIC OCEAN                          
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  ICE                                     
  ICE FLOES                               
  OCEANS                                  
  SEA ICE                                 
  SNOW                                    
  STS-48
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