Shastra (à¤¶à¤¾à¤¸à¥à¤¤à¥à¤°, IAST: ÅÄstra, IPA: ) is a Sanskrit word that means precept, rules, manual, compendium, book or treatise in a general sense. The word is generally used as a suffix in the Indian literature context, for technical or specialized knowledge in a defined area of practice.
Ice calving. Ice calving, also known as glacier calving or iceberg calving, is the breaking of ice chunks from the edge of a glacier. It is a form of ice ablation or ice disruption and is normally caused by the glacier expanding. It is the sudden release and breaking away of a mass of ice from a glacier, iceberg, ice front, ice shelf, or crevasse.
Interdisciplinary Science at the Bering Glacier. The Bering Glacier is the largest and longest glacier in continental North America and is the largest temperate surging glacier on earth. The Bering Glacier has surged at least six times during the twentieth century, and the last surge occurred in 1993-1995. The Glacier is currently retreating, and scientists from MTRI have been conducting research at the Glacier during a period spanning almost a decade.