An iceberg that recently broke off Antarctica and fell into the sea is almost 600 square miles long and nearly 500 miles thick — or about the size of London. #news
Producer: Antoniette Meyer
Senior Producer: Amy Daire
Producer: Antoniette Meyer
Senior Producer: Amy Daire
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00:00An iceberg that's almost the size of London has broken off of Antarctica.
00:04Scientists have been tracking the crack for a decade, but the ice finally broke
00:07on January 22nd. According to Professor Dominic Hodgson,
00:11a glaciologist with the British Antarctic Survey,
00:13this caving event has been expected and is a part of the natural behavior of the
00:17burnt ice shelf. It is not linked to climate change. In
00:20satellite images, you can see the crack in the ice slowly growing before the
00:23chunk ultimately breaks off into the ocean.
00:28Just 15 miles away from the crack, there's a research station that houses
00:3121 staff members who have been tracking the behavior of the ice shelf.
00:35The British Antarctic Survey said the staff will stay until they are collected
00:38by aircraft around February 6th. In the meantime, they will prep their
00:42research equipment to work remotely through winter.