Two ominous cracks have been growing across Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf for years, and they're now separated by just a few miles, setting the scene for a massive ice calving event, perhaps in the coming weeks.
for years, and they're now separated by just a few miles, setting the scene for a massive ice calving event, perhaps in the coming weeks.released a video this week laying out the progress of the two growing crevasses, known as Chasm-1 and the Halloween Crack, which were separated by just 5 km at the start of June. The cracks are over 55 km and 60 km long, respectively.
Researchers have been preparing for the Brunt break-off for some time now. A few years ago the British Antarctic Survey moved its Halley VI research station to a new position so it wouldn't be set adrift along with the new iceberg.larger icebergs have broken away from the southern continent
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