I never saw a calving before. This video shows a huge chunk of glacier splitting off it’s mother glacier. Why is it called calving?
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C7-The Smell of Fire
Posted on 07/12/2010 by Grumpa Joe
Morty and Ben have picked up their friend Polly Polar Bear to help with the search for Santa.
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Morty landed on the top of Denali. Polly jumped off and put her nose into the air.
“Nothing human or animal, but I do smell something, it smells like fire,” said Polly.
“That could be the missile. Can you tell where it is coming from?”
“I can’t tell for sure.”
“Polly, you scout this side of the mountain, Ben and I will fly to the other side. I’ll check with you later.
“Ben, you drive the scooter, and I’ll look for Santa.
“Don’t be afraid,” said Morty, “you will do very well, I trust you very much.”
With that said, Ben and Morty left to start their search.
Polly followed her nose down the mountain. The smell of the fire was still there. She ambled down to the glacier. “This is going to be fun,” she thought, “I’ll just slide on my belly while I search.”
Polly zigzagged going down. The smell of the fire got stronger. She changed direction and the smell grew weaker. After the third pass, she was certain the smell was stronger on the West side.
“I’ll stay on the side where the smell is strongest, and cut my slide time in half,” she said to herself.
The big polar bear continued sliding, but now she only went half the distance. On her fifth pass the scent was very strong, and she saw disruptions in the snow.
Those look like tracks that have been snowed over. I’ll stop here and wait for Morty to check in.
Ben and Morty flew back and forth down the opposite side of Denali, and saw nothing unusual.
“It’s time to check on Polly.” Ben pointed the scooter to the top of the mountain and over to the other side where Polly was waiting for them.
Morty called Gabriel.
“Frederick reported that after the missile exploded the object disappeared,” said Gabriel
To be continued…
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