In the biggest icebreaking event in a century, an iceberg roughly the size of Connecticut has split off (red arrows) from Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf and may soon drift into the Ross Sea, scientists at the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced March 22.
Antarctic Meteorology Research Center, University of Wisconsin
Satellite photos show that the iceberg is 295 kilometers long and 37 km wide.
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