Huge mountain breaks away from ice sheet

swansea - It may take a few weeks or a few months, but separates a massive iceberg in Antarctica in any case within one year. British scientists estimate the size of the ijskolos approximately 5,000 square kilometers, the size of the Dutch province of Gelderland.

Now the iceberg is still part of the so-called Lars Nijs Plain. Satellite images show that there has arisen a 175 kilometer long crack in the plain. The new iceberg is still in custody over a length of 20 kilometers on the plains Lars Nijs, but will surely tear.

The separation is not alarming, say the experts. Large ice sheets tears more often and must, otherwise they would grow endlessly into the sea. The broken icebergs float sometimes thousands of kilometers before they are melted by the warm ocean water.