Vast cracks appear in Arctic ice


	Vast cracks appear in Arctic ice
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5-30-2008 3:33 AM
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					Vast cracks appear in Arctic ice
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                        By David Shukman
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                        Environment correspondent, BBC News
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Scientists travelling with the troops found major new fractures during an assessment of the state of giant ice shelves in Canada's far north.
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The team found a network of cracks that stretched for more than 10 miles (16km) on Ward Hunt, the area's largest shelf.
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The fate of the vast ice blocks is seen as a key indicator of climate change.
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<DIV class="pva">Satellite image of Ward Hunt Ice Shelf cracks</DIV>
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>One of the expedition's scientists, Derek Mueller of Trent University, Ontario, told me: "I was astonished to see these new cracks.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://content2.clipmarks.com/content/A1DA4345-8C02-4560-B1FE-45E19C53947C/">cracks.
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"It means the ice shelf is disintegrating, the pieces are pinned together like a jigsaw but could float away," </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://content2.clipmarks.com/content/A1DA4345-8C02-4560-B1FE-45E19C53947C/"><P>
The rapid changes in the Arctic have reignited disputes over territory. 
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