A massive crack in the Pine Island glacier ( PIG ) in Antarctica has create a monumental iceberg — which is as big as New York City .
While cracks in glaciers are vernacular — fuzz cracked in 2001 and 2007 — this one took longer to distribute , which meant that more deoxyephedrine has accumulated by the time giant iceberg broke away . The German Earth - observance satelliteTerraSAR - Xconfirmed the break of serve on Monday using radio detection and ranging imagery . Now , the 30km - wide-eyed iceberg will drift into the Southern Ocean . [ New Scientist ]
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