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A68a iceberg in Antarctica suffers another major split 

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The ill-fated Atlantic iceberg A68 that broke off from Antarctica in 2017 has suffered another major spilt.  Between Tuesday and Thursday this week, a new smaller iceberg, called A68g, measuring 33 miles in length and 11.5 miles in width, calved from the largest remaining portion of the berg, A68a, in the South Atlantic Ocean.   The new split … Read more

Enormous A68a iceberg is pictured by the RAF as it breaks into city-sized chunks

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The enormous A68a iceberg which broke off from Antarctica in 2017 and has been drifting dangerously close to the island of South Georgia recently is starting to fall apart.  New images from the RAF show how fragments of the once largest iceberg in the world are breaking away from the main bulk of the berg.  … Read more