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| − | [[File:Screen Shot 2016-07-25 at 7.33.52 AM.png|400px|thumb|[[Bárbara Hernández Huerta]] does | + | [[File:Screen Shot 2016-07-25 at 7.33.52 AM.png|400px|thumb|[[Bárbara Hernández Huerta]] does ice swim calving in [[O'Higgins Glacier]] in Chile]]verb - Ice swim calving is when an [[ice swimmer]] swims along a glacier that is calving. |
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verb - Ice swim calving is when an ice swimmer swims along a glacier that is calving.
Ice Calving
Ice calving, also known as glacier calving or iceberg calving, is the breaking off chunks of ice at the edge of a glacier. It is a form of ice ablation or ice disruption and is normally caused by the glacier expanding.
