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Large ice piece splitting off Antarctica at a rate of about 1.3 kms a year
Apr 1 2007, Irani

A large piece of ice is splitting off the Amery Ice Shelf in the east of Antarctica. Large means, 900 square kilometers! Yes, the piece of ice — known as the “loose tooth” — began moving apart the shelf more than a decade ago.

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