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A trillion-tonne iceberg four times the size of London has snapped off the West Antarctic ice shelf.

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Daily Mail (UK)

Publication Date
2017-07-12

After months of anticipation, an enormous iceberg four times the size of London has finally broken off the Larsen C ice sheet in the West Antarctic. The iceberg weighs a staggering trillion tonnes and has an area of 2,239 sq miles (5,800 sq km).

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4688662/Trillion-tonne-iceberg-snapped-Antarctic-ice-shelf.html