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Massive Iceberg Crashes Into Island, Splits in Two

By Lauren FrayerSep 11th 2010 – 5:31AM
Center for Ocean and Ice, DMI (Danish Meteorological Institute)

Center for Ocean and Ice, DMI (Danish Meteorological Institute)

(Sept. 11) -- The largest Arctic iceberg in nearly half a century has split into two pieces after crashing into a rocky island west of Greenland. The iceberg – actually a massive floating ice island four times the size of Manhattan – broke off Greenland's Petermann Glacier last month. It was the largest such...

Giant Ice Island Breaks Off From Greenland

By Lauren FrayerAug 7th 2010 – 7:07AM
NASA

NASA

(Aug. 7) -- A giant chunk of ice four times the size of Manhattan has broken off from one of Greenland's two biggest glaciers, creating the largest Arctic iceberg since 1962. The new ice island has a surface area of about 100 square miles and a thickness of about half the height of the Empire State Building. It broke off...

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...

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SOL: Exodus flying to all digital distribution systems, European retail this summer

By Alexander Sliwinski May 19th 2012 - 09:48AM

15 May 2012 – Independent videogames publisher Iceberg Interactive today announces a publishing deal for Seamless Entertainment's 3D space shooter SOL: Exodus.

Background on iceberg

An iceberg is a large piece of ice from freshwater that has broken off from a snow-formed glacier or ice shelf and is floating in open water.

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