Giant Crack in Antarctic Ice Creating Giant Iceberg

Researchers are closely watching part of a giant shelf of ice in Antarctica that could soon become an iceberg. It's part of the Larsen Ice Shelf which floats off the coast of Northwestern Antarctica. Growing, Growing, Gone! Scientists who study the ice-covered continent have been watching the Larsen Ice Shelf for nearly a decade. Martin O'Leary is a Research Officer at Swansea University and a member of Project MIDAS, a U.K.-based Antarctic research project. He tells VOA...

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