The new rifts appeared soon after last year’s major calving of iceberg B46, which is about 3 times the size of New York’s Manhattan island. Satellite monitoring suggests a new iceberg of similar proportions will soon be calved. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/new-cracks-pine-island-glacier-2019…
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315 Billion-Ton Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica
jimminy_cricket quotes a report from the BBC: The Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica has just produced its biggest iceberg in more than 50 years. The calved block covers 1,636 sq km in area — a little smaller than Scotland’s Isle of Skye — and is called D28. The scale of the berg means it will have to be monitored and tracked…
‘Loose Tooth’ Iceberg Calves Off East Antarctica in Surprising Spot
An iceberg the size of the Isle of Skye has broken free from Antarctica’s Amery Ice Shelf. Source: https://www.livescience.com/giant-loose-tooth-iceberg-calves-antarctica.html