the-star-stuff: Enormous Ice Block Breaks Off Greenland Glacier (Published: August 6, 2010) A 100-square-mile block of ice 600 feet thick has calved off one of the largest ocean-bordering glaciers in Greenland. The Arctic hasn’t lost a chunk of ice that large since 1962. Image: Time-series animation based on satellite data from 31 July, 4 August, and 7 August 2010 showing the breaking of the Petermann glacier and the movement of the new iceberg towards Nares Strait/ European Space Agency. 
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Enormous Ice Block Breaks Off Greenland Glacier

(Published: August 6, 2010)

A 100-square-mile block of ice 600 feet thick has calved off one of the largest ocean-bordering glaciers in Greenland. The Arctic hasn’t lost a chunk of ice that large since 1962.

Image: Time-series animation based on satellite data from 31 July, 4 August, and 7 August 2010 showing the breaking of the Petermann glacier and the movement of the new iceberg towards Nares Strait/ European Space Agency. 

Source: Wired

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    i wonder if it will make its way all...south pole with out completely melting
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