Iceberg breaks off Antarctica
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A chasm called the North Rift formed on the Brunt Ice Shelf is seen in Antarctica, Feb. 26, 2021, in this still image obtained from social media video.
A chasm called the North Rift formed on the Brunt Ice Shelf is seen in Antarctica, Feb. 26, 2021, in this still image obtained from social media video. PHOTO BY BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY /via REUTERS
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A huge iceberg broke off from the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica almost 10 years after scientists discovered the first cracks.
Aerial video released by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) on Friday showed the chasm called the North Rift break off the Brunt Ice Shelf in the Weddell Sea section of Antarctica.
The 1,270 sq. kilometre iceberg is the third major chasm to break across the 150-metre thick floating ice shelf in the last decade.
A graphic shows a crack called the North Rift formed on the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica, in this handout image obtained by Reuters on Feb. 27, 2021.
A graphic shows a crack called the North Rift formed on the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica, in this handout image obtained by Reuters on Feb. 27, 2021. PHOTO BY BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY /Handout via REUTERS
“Our teams at BAS have been prepared for the calving of an iceberg from Brunt Ice Shelf for years,” Jane Francis, the director of the BAS, said in a press release. “Over (the) coming weeks or months, the iceberg may move away; or it could run aground and remain close to Brunt Ice Shelf.”
A huge iceberg (1270 km²) the size of the county of Bedfordshire has broken off the 150-m thick Brunt Ice Shelf.
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A huge iceberg broke off from the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica almost 10 years after scientists discovered the first cracks.
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