some ice in the Artic ocean is over 50 feet thick , is that true ?

Answer 1

It is indeed true. Sometimes large sheets of ice break off from the Polar ice caps and drift with the currents. The Larsen B Shelf was one such sheet of ice which covered over 3000 square kilometres and was 220 metres (720 feet) thick. It was actually in the Antarctic but the principle is the same. In the last few years it has broken up into numerous icebergs.

In recent weeks the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf (also called the Ayles Shelf) in the Arctic has split in two and a sheet of ice approx 65 square kilometres and about 40 metres (125 feet) thick is drifting. There are concerns than by spring it may drift into oil rigs.

This photo of the Ross Ice Shelf shows how thick the ice can be... http://www.mbari.org/benthic/images/Antslides/ice%20shelf.jpg

Larsen B - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/20/wice20.xml
Ward Hunt - http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2006/12/28/tech-ellesmereiceshelfcollapse-20061228.html

Answer 2

yes there are ice which are over 50 feet thick.....the icebergs that ships encounter in the seas are actually just about one-tenths of the actual size of it....remaining part of the berg is found deep under the sea where they may extend in thickness over 50 feet...in fact it is in these ice that some plants and food and locked up which the seals intake...but however over the past decade ice has been breaking up due to global warming...

Answer 3

i would believe it. I am only in Alberta and I have seen ice 5 feet deep in regular warmer winters.

Answer 4

Probably true. Read the link.

Answer 5

If thats true.....THAT is an Inconvenient Truth now isnt it??

Answer 6

totally!!!!!!!!!