Giant iceberg drifting into open ocean from Antarctica
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Scientist are monitoring one of the largest icebergs currently in existence after it broke off from an Antarctic glacier and drifted into the open ocean, posing a threat to shipping during the Antarctic winter.
The iceberg, named B31, measures about 255 square miles (660 square kilometers), and is said to be roughly six times the size of Manhattan and 500 meters thick, Reuters reported.
Since November 2013 it has slowly separated from Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier and will likely be soon swept by the currents of the Southern Ocean.
According to CNN, researchers are concerned that when that happens, the iceberg will become more difficult to track. And since they don't expect it to melt quickly because of its size, the iceberg could persist for a year or more.
B15, the world's largest iceberg ever recorded, measured 4,250 square miles (11,000 square kilometres), about the size of the state of Connecticut, and calved off Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf in March 2000.
B15 has since broken up, but parts of it still exist around the Antarctic today.
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Scientist are monitoring one of the largest icebergs currently in existence after it broke off from an Antarctic glacier and drifted into the open ocean, posing a threat to shipping during the Antarctic winter.
The iceberg, named B31, measures about 255 square miles (660 square kilometers), and is said to be roughly six times the size of Manhattan and 500 meters thick, Reuters reported.
Since November 2013 it has slowly separated from Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier and will likely be soon swept by the currents of the Southern Ocean.
According to CNN, researchers are concerned that when that happens, the iceberg will become more difficult to track. And since they don't expect it to melt quickly because of its size, the iceberg could persist for a year or more.
B15, the world's largest iceberg ever recorded, measured 4,250 square miles (11,000 square kilometres), about the size of the state of Connecticut, and calved off Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf in March 2000.
B15 has since broken up, but parts of it still exist around the Antarctic today.
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