Science and Exploration

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"When the iceberg breaks free, it will cover about 340 square miles (880 square kilometers) of surface area. Radar measurements suggested the ice shelf in the region of the rift is about 1,640 feet (500 meters) feet thick, with only about 160 feet of the shelf floating above water and the rest submerged.

It is likely that once the iceberg floats away, the leading edge of the ice shelf will have receded farther than at any time since its location was first recorded in the 1940s."

Good post. Thank you.

Originally Posted by Corkey

http://news.yahoo.com/huge-crack-dis...212405650.html

Huge crack in Antarctic glacier.