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In 1986, a gargantuan iceberg broke away from the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica. It was approximately a rectangle 165 km
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In 1986, a gargantuan iceberg broke away from the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica. It was approximately a rectangle 165 km long, 45 km wide, and 250 m thick. a. What is the mass of this iceberg in kg, given that the density of ice is 917 kg/m?? kg b. How much heat transfer (in joules) is needed to melt it? J c. How many years would it take sunlight alone to melt ice this thick, if the ice absorbs an average of 115 W/m2, 11 h per day? year