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 250 m thick and had a mass of 1.47×1015 kg. Estimate the heat transfer (in joules) that is required to melt the ice.
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 250 m thick and had a mass of 1.47×1015 kg. Estimate the heat transfer (in joules) that is required to melt the ice.
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and 250 m thick and had a mass of 1.47×1015 kg. Estimate the heat transfer (in joules) that is required to melt the ice.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F6c4a5f83-7aca-4e4e-8516-6de83483f29d%2Faf5bdeea-7e6f-4677-a1bc-9c24fc3041f2%2Fkpbb8p_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text: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 250 m thick and had a mass of 1.47×1015 kg. Estimate the heat transfer (in joules) that is required to melt the ice.
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