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The calving of A-68 reduced the overall size of the Larsen C shelf by 12 percent. [5] [6] Historical data shows that many icebergs that break off from the Antarctic Peninsula reach South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. [7] The name "A-68" was assigned by the US National Ice Center. It broke into parts with the mother berg dubbed A-68A.
The data gathered led to an unprecedented understanding of how giant icebergs make their way through the waters of Antarctica and beyond. Iceberg B-15A collided with Drygalski Ice Tongue on 10 April 2005, breaking off an eight-square-kilometre (2 + 1 ⁄ 4 sq nmi) section of the ice tongue. Antarctic maps needed to be redrawn.
Sometimes, fissures and cracks may cause part of the shelf to break off; the largest known is about 31,000 km 2 (12,000 sq mi), that is, slightly larger than Belgium. [11] Iceberg B-15, the world's largest recorded iceberg, was calved from the Ross Ice Shelf during March 2000. Scientists have long been intrigued by the shelf and its composition.
An ice shelf protecting a key Antarctic glacier is breaking up faster than before, scientists say.
The collapse of the 463-square-mile Glenzer Conger ice shelf, which occurred last week, came as temperatures rose in the eastern section of Antarctica by as much as 70 degrees Fahrenheit above normal.
Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier is held back by a quickly melting underwater ice shelf that sits on a sea mount. Scientists say it is cracking. Antarctic ice shelf could crack, raise seas by feet ...
The Larsen Ice Shelf is a long ice shelf in the northwest part of the Weddell Sea, extending along the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula [1] from Cape Longing to Smith Peninsula. It is named after Captain Carl Anton Larsen , the master of the Norwegian whaling vessel Jason , who sailed along the ice front as far as 68°10' South during ...
A fast moving crack in an ice shelf in Antarctica could create one of the largest icebergs ever recorded. Antarctic ice shelf crack grows 11 miles and will create one of the largest icebergs ever ...