单词ice shelf
na.: 冰棚；(两极地方的)陆缘冰
网络: 冰架
冰架（与陆地相接的厚层浮动冰体）:
a layer of ice that is attached to land and covers a large area of sea
冰棚;(两极地方的)陆缘冰
〔地〕冰架
In 2002 an ice shelf the size of Rhode Island, which had been stable for at least 10, 000 years, collapsed in just three weeks.
2002年，罗德岛大小的一块冰架，一万多年来都保持稳定，但却在3天之内解体了。
The British Antarctic Survey said the ice shelf was "hanging by a thread" .
英国南极洲考察团称冰架被旋在一线间。
The melting of an ice shelf, which is merely a floating projection into the sea, would not affect sea levels.
一座冰架的融化不会影响海平面，它只是进入海洋的一个漂浮物。
The last time such a large ice island formed was in 1962 when the Canadian Ward Hunt Ice Shelf calved an island.
最近一次如此大的浮冰岛的形成发生在1962年，当时加拿大的沃德亨特冰架崩解形成个小岛。
So the hypothesis was that it was coming from the ocean, which was melting the ice shelf from below.
所以我们假设，冰融是来自海洋，正从下面融化冰架。
As the UN talks inched on, news came that an "ice bridge" yoking the Wilkins ice shelf to the Antarctic Peninsula had snapped.
正值联合国会谈缓慢进行时，传来消息，连结威尔金斯冰架与南极洲半岛的一座“冰桥”突然崩塌。
By the time the Marsh joins the immense Nimrod Glacier, some 35 miles from our camp, the ice is on a rapid charge to the Ross Sea Ice Shelf.
待马什冰川汇合入庞大的尼姆罗德冰川后（距我们的营地约35英里处），冰层快速冲向罗斯冰架。
In late Southern Hemisphere summer of 2002, the Larsen B Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula disintegrated into thousands of pieces.
在2002年南半球的夏末，南极半岛的拉尔森B冰架（theLarsenBIceShelf）崩解成无数的碎片。
The brown and black stripes you see on the icebergs are created by sediment underneath the ice shelf.
冰山上的褐色与黑色条纹是由冰架下的沉积物产生的。
The rest of the Wilkins ice shelf, which is about the size of Connecticut, is holding on by a narrow beam of thin ice.
威尔金斯冰架的面积相当于康涅狄格州，其所剩的部分由一个狭窄的薄冰梁柱支撑。