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A Crack in an Antarctic Ice Shelf Grew 17 Miles in the Last Two Months - The New York Times

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A Crack in an Antarctic Ice Shelf Grew 17 Miles in the Last Two Months - The New York Times

In only 1 1⁄2 months a gigantic crack developed in the Antarctic ice shelf, and it’s likely to break apart in the next few months, setting free about 2,300 square miles of ice into the sea. But the key is not this tiny piece of ice but the much bigger ice shelves that’ll follow. A video captured by the NASA back in November shows the crack in detail.