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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:lake
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gptkbp:area
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about 487,000 square kilometers
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gptkbp:borderedBy
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gptkb:Barne_Glacier
gptkb:Beardmore_Glacier
gptkb:Byrd_Glacier
gptkb:Edward_VII_Peninsula
gptkb:Gould_Coast
gptkb:Keltie_Glacier
gptkb:King_Edward_VII_Land
gptkb:Leverett_Glacier
gptkb:Liv_Glacier
gptkb:Mulock_Glacier
gptkb:Scott_Glacier
gptkb:Shackleton_Coast
gptkb:Shirase_Coast
gptkb:Siple_Coast
gptkb:Skelton_Glacier
gptkb:Amundsen_Coast
gptkb:Marie_Byrd_Land
gptkb:Roosevelt_Island
gptkb:Ross_Sea
gptkb:Transantarctic_Mountains
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gptkbp:climate
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polar
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gptkbp:contains
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gptkb:Barne_Glacier
gptkb:Beardmore_Glacier
gptkb:Black_Island
gptkb:Brown_Island
gptkb:Byrd_Glacier
gptkb:Keltie_Glacier
gptkb:King_Edward_VII_Land
gptkb:Leverett_Glacier
gptkb:Liv_Glacier
gptkb:Minna_Bluff
gptkb:Scott_Glacier
gptkb:Shirase_Coast
gptkb:White_Island
gptkb:Marie_Byrd_Land
gptkb:Roosevelt_Island
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gptkbp:discoveredBy
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gptkb:James_Clark_Ross
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gptkbp:discoveredIn
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1841
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gptkbp:explores
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gptkb:Operation_Deep_Freeze
gptkb:British_National_Antarctic_Expedition
gptkb:Byrd_Antarctic_Expedition
gptkb:Terra_Nova_Expedition
gptkb:Discovery_Expedition
gptkb:Nimrod_Expedition
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gptkbp:firstAircraftLanding
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1929
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gptkbp:firstAircraftLandingBy
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gptkb:Richard_E._Byrd
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gptkbp:firstOverlandCrossing
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gptkb:Ernest_Shackleton
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gptkbp:firstOverlandCrossingYear
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1908
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gptkbp:governedBy
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gptkb:Antarctic_Treaty_System
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gptkbp:hasResearchCenter
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gptkb:McMurdo_Station
gptkb:Scott_Base
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Ross Ice Shelf
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gptkbp:iceFlowDirection
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northward into Ross Sea
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gptkbp:iceMovement
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several meters per year
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gptkbp:importantFor
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gateway for Antarctic exploration
key site for climate research
largest ice shelf of Antarctica
major barrier to southern ocean currents
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gptkbp:length
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about 800 kilometers
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:Antarctica
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gptkbp:meltingRate
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variable, increasing in recent decades
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gptkbp:monitors
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gptkb:NASA
gptkb:NSF
gptkb:Australian_Antarctic_Division
gptkb:Chinese_Antarctic_Program
gptkb:German_Antarctic_Programme
gptkb:Italian_Antarctic_Programme
gptkb:New_Zealand_Antarctic_Programme
gptkb:Russian_Antarctic_Expedition
gptkb:Arctic_exploration
British Antarctic Survey
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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gptkb:James_Clark_Ross
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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calving of iceberg B-15 in 2000
calving of iceberg B-9 in 1987
calving of iceberg C-19 in 2002
calving of iceberg C-28 in 2005
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gptkbp:oceanUnderneath
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gptkb:Ross_Sea
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Ross_Dependency
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gptkbp:photographed
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gptkb:Operation_Deep_Freeze
gptkb:Operation_Highjump
USGS aerial surveys
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gptkbp:studiedBy
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climate science
oceanography
glaciology
ecosystem research
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gptkbp:temperature
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-20°C to -60°C
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gptkbp:thickness
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average 400 meters
up to 750 meters
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gptkbp:threats
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climate change
iceberg calving
ocean warming
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gptkbp:width
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about 970 kilometers
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Antarctica
gptkb:James_Clark_Ross
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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