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Coyotl

(15,262 posts) Wed Jul 10, 2013, 05:22 PM Jul 2013

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Antarctic's Pine Island glacier produces giant iceberg

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23249909
By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News

Pine Island Glacier (PIG), the longest and fastest flowing glacier in the Antarctic, has spawned a huge iceberg.

The block measures about 720 sq km in area - roughly eight times the size of Manhattan Island in New York.

Scientists have been waiting for the PIG to calve since October 2011 when they first noticed a spectacular crack spreading across its surface.

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