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Pine Island Glacier has shed another block of ice into Antarctic waters. The loss was tiny compared to the icebergs that broke off in 2014 and 2015, but the event is further evidence of the ice shelf’s fragility. via NASA ift.tt/2lhOlz6
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Glacial 'Aftershock' Spawns Antarctic Iceberg was taken on February 09, 2017 at 09:23AM