Watch: Scientists Track A Giant Iceberg As Large As Greater London
Ten years after the first cracks appeared, A81, the Greater-London-sized block of ice, had finally calved off the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
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Ten years after the first cracks appeared, A81, the Greater-London-sized block of ice, had finally calved off the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
British scientists are keeping track of two of the largest icebergs as they continue to float into areas where they may have an impact on shipping, fishing, and other forms of wildlife.
Researchers have revealed the first aerial footage of the massive iceberg that broke free from an Antarctic ice shelf in January.
Two icebergs that are being monitored by researchers are the A81, which is bigger than Delhi and the A76a, which is even larger.
Two bergs the size of Greater London and Cornwall are drifting towards an area where they could affect shipping and nature.