Antarctic ice rift close to calving, after growing 17km in 6 days

Friday, June 2, 2017 - 10:02 in Earth & Climate

The rift in the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica has grown by 17km in the last few days and is now only 13km from the ice front, indicating that calving of an iceberg is probably very close, Swansea University researchers revealed after studying the latest satellite data.

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