Huge Antarctic iceberg about to break off and slide into the sea

There is now only about 20 kilometres
of ice attaching the mass to Antarctica.

A huge iceberg, one of the biggest ever recorded, is about to break off Antarctica.

Part of the Larsen C ice shelf is now hanging by only a relative thread after a crack expanded quickly last month. There is now only about 20 kilometres of ice attaching it to Antarctica – and when it splits off, it will form an iceberg as big as a US state or Trinidad and Tobago.

When that happens, it will radically change the landscape of the Antarctic Peninsula, according to scientists who are tracking it. It could even lead to the wider break-up of the entire shelf, according to a statement from the scientists.

Read Andrew Griffin’s story in the Independent - “Huge Antarctic iceberg about to break off and slide into the sea.”