A giant crack in Antarctic ice is 'days or weeks' from breaking off a Delaware-size iceberg

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A giant crack in Antarctic ice is 'days or weeks' from breaking off a Delaware-size iceberg
  • A giant crack in one of Antarctica's largest ice shelves is about to break off a Delaware-size block of ice.
  • The crack in the ice shelf, called Larsen C, has forked toward the Southern Ocean and is growing rapidly.
  • Scientists think a glacier behind the ice block could destabilize after the calving event.

A growing rift

An iceberg for the record books

The big breakup

Published June 5, 2017

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