October 16, 2007
Giant Island breaks in half
A massive Island made of artic ice has broken in two off the coast of northern Canada, this has happen a lot earlier than originally expected the ice Island originally broke away from Ayles ice Shelf during 2005, and then it was ten miles wide and three miles wide. But now it has broken into two pieces it has begun to move faster. In fact one piece has actually moved over 61 miles in a week.
There is some concern that these huge pieces of ice may be heading towards the oil and gas platforms of the coast of Alaska.
Some details of the Ice Island:
The Ayles Ice Island calved off the Ayles Ice Shelf in August 2005
The calving event was the largest in at least the last 25 years
A total of 87.1 sq km (33.6 sq miles) of ice was lost in this event
The largest piece was 66.4 sq km (25.6 sq miles) in area
This made the slab a little larger than Manhattan
Limited sea-ice in 2007 has seen the berg move 100s of km
Source [BBC News]
Tags: All Natural, Artic, artic_ice, broken_in_two, northern_canada, Ocean
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