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Yikes!! 19 miles long, 11 miles wide!
Earlier this year, an iceberg the size of Chicago broke off the Antarctic Peninsula. When the gigantic iceberg calved, it revealed a previously hidden 209-square-mile area of seafloor that had never been accessible to humans before.
The iceberg, named A-84, broke off from the southern end of the George VI Ice Shelf on January 13. Measuring 19 miles long by 11 miles wide, A-84 was quickly carried away by coastal ocean currents and began “ricocheting” off parts of the Antarctic coastline, according to NASA’s Earth Observatory. Scientists have since been tracking the “potato-shaped” iceberg’s movements using satellite imagery.
Earlier this year, an iceberg the size of Chicago broke off the Antarctic Peninsula. When the gigantic iceberg calved, it revealed a previously hidden 209-square-mile area of seafloor that had never been accessible to humans before.
The iceberg, named A-84, broke off from the southern end of the George VI Ice Shelf on January 13. Measuring 19 miles long by 11 miles wide, A-84 was quickly carried away by coastal ocean currents and began “ricocheting” off parts of the Antarctic coastline, according to NASA’s Earth Observatory. Scientists have since been tracking the “potato-shaped” iceberg’s movements using satellite imagery.
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Posted from smithsonianmag.com
Climate Change
Science
Antarctica
Posted 5 mo ago
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