In 2002 and 2003, offshore operators on the Grand Banks reported an unusually large number of ice islands and large tabular icebergs up to 20 million tonnes, with drafts of 65 to 80m. This paper describes sightings of large tabular icebergs and ice islands in 2001 to 2003 north of the Grand Banks, from Lancaster Sound in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago to the Labrador and Newfoundland shelves. Based on the dimensions and surface appearance of the icebergs, the most probable source is the Petermann glacier. MODIS imagery shows large pieces of ice near the front left the glacier fjord in August 2000, and large segments broke off the glacier front in the summer of 2001. Despite above-average calving rates on the eastern side of the Petermann glacier in 2000 to 2001, the glacier front was within the historical limits.
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机译：2002年和2003年，宏大银行的离岸运营商报告了一个异常大量的冰岛和大型表格冰山，高达2000万吨，草案65至80米。本文介绍了大号表格冰山和冰岛的目击2001年至2003年宏伟的银行北部，从加拿大北极群岛的兰开斯特声音到拉布拉多和纽芬兰货架。基于冰山的尺寸和表面外观，最可能的来源是Petermann冰川。 Modis Imagery于2000年8月左侧留下了冰川峡湾附近的大片冰，2001年夏天，大段脱离了冰川前面。尽管2000年的Petermann冰川东侧的平均水平上涨了平均水平率，冰川前沿在历史范围内。
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