Giant Iceberg size bigger than New York breaks off Antarctica

A huge iceberg has broken apart near Antarctica. The reason behind this is a huge crack. Its size is roughly equivalent to that of Greater London or bigger than New York. This huge iceberg, separated near the British Antarctica Survey Research Center, was detected during an air survey on 16 February. The director of the British Antarctica Survey Research Center, Jane Francis, says this is coming closer to Brunt IceShelf. According to this research team, it is about 1270 km in length. Talking about its thickness, it is about 150 meters thick. Scientists call this type of incident on Antarctica as calving.

This research team has seen such an incident here for the first time in a decade. Earlier, cracks were seen here in the iceberg. It was not completely separated when it was aerial surveyed before Friday, but now it is completely separated. The British Heli-6 Research Station is constantly monitoring this. According to this, it is constantly moving forward. The BAS director also says that he was constantly preparing for this.

In 2016-17, due to security reasons, the mobile research base was shifted to another location due to a huge crack here. Scientists began to think after this crack that this iceberg could be separated anytime. This mobile team has about 12 members. These people had left this base. The conditions here get worse during the winter season and it is almost impossible for anyone to stay here.

Scientists link to such phenomenon to climate change or rising temperature of the earth. However, BAS scientists believe that the cause of climatic change is not visible in the current event of breaking apart of the iceberg. They do not think it has any role in this incident. Director of British Antarctic Survey Dame Jane Francis said that in the coming months this iceberg will be moving further away from here.