Calving

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Calving occurs when fractures in the ice join up and cause a piece of ice to completely separate from the main glacier to form an iceberg.

PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
Calving occurs when fractures in the ice join up and cause a piece of ice to completely separate from the main glacier to form an iceberg.

EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2010
Calving occurs when fractures in the ice join up and cause a piece of ice to completely separate from the main glacier to form an iceberg.

PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
Calving Graham was the youngest person to ever serve for the U.S.

Five Interesting Facts About World War II | myFiveBest 2009
Calving has begun and the chicks are getting adjusted to the outside air.

Vanilla and spring air ScentScelf 2009
Calving involves the separation of portions of the glacier ice into the water body.

Glacier 2008
Calving is continuous and one estimate of the calving rate is around 35 km3 a year.

Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark-Greenland 2008
Calving Coolidge would probably said something with more human feeling.

Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: Is The Country Catching On? 2006
The material is solid, but Calving tries a bit too hard to be poetic.

Bell curves Sean 2005
Calving season is over and the cows and ewes have dropped their young, but summer does not last forever.

Carnivores of Light and Darkness Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000