Giant iceberg move to Australia
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Australian authorities issued on Friday (11/12) a shipping alert over a gigantic iceberg that is gradually approaching the country’s southwest coast. The Bureau of Meteorology said the once-in-a-century cliff of ice, which dislodged from Antarctica about a decade ago before drifting north, was being monitored using satellites.
“Mariners are advised that at 1200 GMT on December 9, an iceberg approximately 1,700 kilometres (1,054 miles) south-southwest of the West Australian coast was observed,” it said, giving the iceberg’s coordinates.
“The iceberg is 140 square kilometres in area – 19 kilometres long by eight kilometres wide.”
This warning vowed because experts believe the iceberg – known as B17B – is likely to break up as it enters warmer waters nearer Australia, creating hundreds of smaller icebergs in a hazard to passing ships.
“It’s still 1,700 kilometres away, so it’s quite a long way away, it’s not really on our doorstep yet but it’s been heading steadily towards us,” glaciologist Neal Young said Thursday.
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January 9th, 2010 at 7:25 am
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