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Huge Block of Ice Breaks Off from Antarctica Glacier
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February 7, 2020
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0:52Now PlayingThe moment a tower block of ice broke off from a glacier in Antarctica was captured on camera last week.
The huge slab toppled from the William Glacier and rolled into the waters of Börgen Bay, Anvers Island, on Thursday, January 30th.
Scientists on the British Antarctic Survey ship, the James Clark Ross - from which the collapse of the glacier was filmed - estimate that the block weighs thousands of tonnes and is at least 40 meters high.
The collapse lasted for several minutes and stretched half a mile across the glacier, according to Sky news.
The resulting iceberg was later grounded on the seabed near the glacier, with offcuts of ice covering a massive area around it.
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