Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/14/2007 - 08:26
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Antarctic Ice Sheet Studies

Hey it's Alyssa from Ruskin I have a question. What is a Crecasses?

Mon, 12/17/2007 - 17:03

Brandon Gillette

A crevasse is a large crack in the ice, sometimes caused by differences in flow velocities in different parts of the ice.  They can be as shallow as a few meters deep, or as deep as hundreds of meters!  Let's just say you don't want to fall in one!~Gillette