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.
-77.617 162.983. The Canada Glacier is a small polar glacier flowing southeast into the northern side of Taylor Valley, Victoria Land in Antarctica.Canada Glacier's seasonal melting feeds Lake Fryxell to the West and Lake Hoare to the East.This glacier receives less than 10 cm of snowfall annually, and is (technically) a desert ecosystem. This glacier is in the Ross Dependency.anada Glacier's seasonal melting feeds Lake Fryxell to the West and Lake Hoare to the East. This glacier receives less than 10 cm of snowfall annually, and is (technically) a desert ecosystem. This glacier is in the Ross Dependency.