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Giant Iceberg Heading Toward Australia

Dec 9th 2009 – 7:09PM

(Dec. 9) -- A massive iceberg -- more than twice the size of New York's Manhattan island -- is drifting slowly toward Australia, scientists said Wednesday. The iceberg, measuring 140 square km (54 square miles), cleaved off an ice shelf nearly 10 years ago and had been floating near Antarctica before commencing on its...

Background on B17B

Iceberg B-17B is an iceberg twice the size of Manhattan, floating in the southern ocean approximately off the coast of Western Australia.

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