Mertz Glacier is located in the continent of Antarctica. It is about 45 miles long, heavily crevassed glacier in George V Coast of East Antarctica. The extension of this glacier into the Southern Ocean is called the Mertz Glacial Tongue.
Warm ocean currents raise the temperature in cold areas while the cold currents decrease the temperature in warm ocean areas.The Labrador current which is a cold current, lowers the temperature near the north-east coast of North America.