Shocking animation reveals how a massive Antarctic crack has grown 17 miles in the last 2 months

[OddTrader]

The shocking animation that reveals how a massive Antarctic crack has grown 17 miles in the last two MONTHS - and experts say it is now 'inevitable' it will create one of the biggest icebergs ever seen

8 February 2017

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ntarctic-crack-grown-17-miles-two-MONTHS.html

*This adds to the 11 miles (17km) advance in the crack in September
*The crack has created a huge chunk of ice half the size of Jamaica
*The rift is likely to break off in the next few months, the scientists say
*Covering 1,900 square miles (5,000 square km) and nearly 100 storeys deep, the formation is poised to snap off from Larsen C ice shelf

 

[mlawson71]

It's a matter of time before it separates altogether.