Iceberg the size of Manhattan

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You need to see the end to get any idea of the scale.

[6Foot2]

That event was from a while back (2008) The Larsen C ice shelf in the Antarctic is now showing activity:

 

Link: Giant iceberg poised to break off from Antarctic shelf

 

Predicted to be one of the largest break-offs ever recorded, separation of iceberg could trigger breakup of most northern major ice shelf, Larsen C

 

A giant iceberg, with an area equivalent to Trinidad and Tobago, is poised to break off from the Antarctic shelf.

 

A thread of just 20km of ice is now preventing the 5,000 sq km mass from floating away, following the sudden expansion last month of a rift that has been steadily growing for more than a decade...

 

Edited February 21, 2017 by 6Foot2
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Link: New footage shows crack in Larsen C Ice Shelf

 

 

British Antarctic Survey (BAS) recently captured this video footage of a huge crack in the Larsen C Ice Shelf, on the Antarctic Peninsula.

 

Currently a huge iceberg, roughly the size of Norfolk, looks set to break off Larsen C Ice Shelf, which is more than twice the size of Wales. Satellite observations from February 2017 show the growing crack in the ice shelf which suggests that an iceberg with an area of more than 5,000 km² is likely to calve soon...