In 1986, a gargantuan iceberg broke away from the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica. It was approximately a rectangle 160 km long, 40.0 km wide, and 250m thick.a. What is the mass of this iceberg, in kilograms, given that the density of ice is 917 kg/m3b. How much heat, in joules, must be transferred to the iceberg to melt it? Assume the ice is at 0° C, and the latent heat of fusion for water is Lf=79.8 kcal/kg c. How long, in years, would it take sunlight alone to melt ice this thick, if the ice absorbs an average of 100 W/m2, 12.00 hours per day?

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In 1986, a gargantuan iceberg broke away from the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica. It was approximately a rectangle 160 km long, 40.0 km wide, and 250m thick.

a. What is the mass of this iceberg, in kilograms, given that the density of ice is 917 kg/m³

b. How much heat, in joules, must be transferred to the iceberg to melt it? Assume the ice is at 0° C, and the latent heat of fusion for water is Lf=79.8 kcal/kg

c. How long, in years, would it take sunlight alone to melt ice this thick, if the ice absorbs an average of 100 W/m², 12.00 hours per day?

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