1 Bankruptcy courts are separate units of the district courts. 2  Federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over bankruptcy cases. 3  People or businesses file for bankruptcy when they have more liabilities than they have the ability to pay from their assets and income. 4  Bankruptcy judges serve 14 year terms.
(Australian Antarctic Division (Photo: Paul Brown, Australian Maritime College)) Scientists at institutions in the United States and Australia on Friday published a set of unprecedented ocean observations near the largest glacier of the largest ice sheet in the world: Totten glacier, East Antarctica. And the result was a troubling confirmation of what scientists already feared â Totten is melting from below.
Columbia Icefield. Just as the name implies these glaciers or âfields of iceâ straddle Banff National Park and Jasper National Park and are the largest south of the Arctic Circle. They are 325km2 in area and 100 to 365 metres (328 to 1,197 ft) in depth and receives up to seven metres (275 in) of snowfall per year.