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Questions for Discussion: Antarctic Ice Movement: Part I

Explain the forces at work that make ice spread.
The scientist in the video mentions "shearing." Describe what shearing is.
Discuss why the ice at the bottom of the ice sheet would move so much more slowly than the ice in the upper layers.
Explain how ice shelves are generated.
As the video shows, scientists do work, and live, on the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Do a little research about scientific facilities in Antarctica and discuss with your classmates what it is like to be a scientist there.