15.What is the original name of the Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier”, which was making news recently? [A] Thwaites Glacier [B] Pine Island Glacier [C] Jakobshavn Glacier [D] Helheim Glacier Show Answer
Thwaites Glacier, nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier, is an unusually broad and vast Antarctic glacier flowing into Pine Island Bay, part of the Amundsen Sea, east of Mount Murphy, on the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land. Its surface speeds exceed 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) per year near its grounding line.
