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East Antarctica from Amery Ice Shelf the largest iceberg broke in fifty years. Reports Edition BBC
The breakaway iceberg has an area of 1.6 square kilometers and thickness 210 meters. According to rough estimates of scientists, weight a breakaway whopper of over 315 billion tons. Object right there came under the supervision of specialists, as it can carry serious threat to shipping.
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Experts note that the formation of this iceberg has no connection with global warming. It turns out researchers have been for many years watched this block of ice, waiting when it finally will break away. However, this did not happen where it was expected – a split was supposed to happen east.
The last time a large iceberg broke off from the same glacier in the early 1960s. Its area was about 9 thousand square kilometers.
Earlier, British scientists reported that another part of the ice Antarctic shelf can break off at any moment and iceberg the size of two New Yorks will slide into the ocean.
Andrey Vetrov
Icebergs Antarctica
