As is known, the Brunt Ice Shelf is one of the most carefully observed on Earth.
Scientists have shown the first footage of an ice block with an area of 1550 km², which broke away from the Brunt Ice Shelf at the end of January this year. The video was posted on YouTube.
The glacier broke away as the summer team departed the nearby BAS Halley research station. Iceberg A81 heads into the Weddell Sea.
The cause of the spall was a giant crack that went through the entire glacier. Later, it was named Abyss-1.
The glaciologist Dr. Oliver Marg, who studies the Brant Ice Shelf, said the block of ice is currently drifting about 85 kilometers from its “birthplace”.
Remember, scientists from the University of Newcastle in the UK said that by the end of the century, about half of the 215 thousand glaciers will disappear from the face of the Earth. This process threatens the lives of millions of people, and not where thought.
The block of ice has crashed into the Antarctic ice shelf
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