Iceberg patrol gains faster updates from orbit

Iceberg patrol gains faster updates from orbit Paris (ESA) Nov 11, 2016 - The international iceberg patrol service set up after the sinking of the Titanic is now able to track drifting ice from orbit more swiftly through ESA-backed cloud computing. The icebergs drifting in transatlantic shipping lines typically break off from the Greenland ice sheet before being carried into Baffin Bay. From there, they typically either become grounded or continue southwards. Most are ... more

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