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

Tuesday, February 7, 2017
By Paul Martin

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

By Mark Prigg and Ellie Zolfagharifard
DailyMail.com
7 February 2017

Shocking new images have revealed a massive Antarctic crack has grown 17 miles in the last two months, raising fears it is set to create one of the biggest icebergs ever seen.

Since December, the crack on the Larsen C ice shelf has grown by the length of about five football fields each day.

The crack has created a chunk of ice half the size of Jamaica which is breaking away from West Antarctica.

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