Posted on 07/11/2013 9:24:11 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A massive iceberg, larger than the city of Chicago, broke off of Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier on Monday (July 8), and is now floating freely in the Amundsen Sea, according to a team of German scientists.
The newborn iceberg measures about 278 square miles (720 square kilometers), and was seen by TerraSAR-X, an earth-observing satellite operated by the German Space Agency (DLR). Scientists with NASA's Operation IceBridgefirst discovered a giant crack in the Pine Island Glacier in October 2011, as they were flying over and surveying the sprawling ice sheet.
At that time, the fissure spanned about 15 miles (24 km) in length and 164 feet (50 meters) in width, according to researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany. In May 2012, satellite images revealed a second rift had formed near the northern side of the first crack.
"As a result of these cracks, one giant iceberg broke away from the glacier tongue," Angelika Humbert, a glaciologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute, said in a statement.
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They should tow it over to Africa, like what was done on Brewster’s millions.
Great comments on this thread. I’m backing my bags right now, I call dibs on east side.
Chicago Iceberg has an east side ? Wouldn’t that be the Antarctic Ocean ?
Actually, that was meant tongue in cheek. I was referring to that silly commercial on tv about towing icebergs to desert areas. I get a kick out of the “green” mentality.
Until I tasted one, I could almost agree with the concept.
Leni
I dunno, you kind of turned me off concept with the whole bird shit thing.
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