ICEBERG WARNING: Huge berg breaks off glacier prompting MAJOR warning to ships
ICEBERG WARNING: Huge berg breaks off glacier prompting MAJOR warning to ships
A HUGE iceberg has broken off a major glacier in a national park in southern Chile, prompting a warning that it could become a threat to navigation routes.
By WILL KIRBY
PUBLISHED: 21:14, Wed, Nov 29, 2017 | UPDATED: 21:37, Wed, Nov 29, 2017
The so-called Grey Glacier in the Torres del Paine National Park suffered the rupture earlier this week and authorities have warned that if it breaks into smaller fragments, it could become an obstacle for navigation routes.
Chile’s Conaf forestry service shared images of the enormous block of blue-white ice, which measured 350m (1,148ft) long by 380m (1,247ft) wide.
Park officials said ruptures like this are rare and had not occurred since the early 1990s.
Dr Ricardo Jaña, a glaciologist from the Chilean Antarctic Institute, said the iceberg was far larger than he had initially anticipated.
More:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/886028/chile-iceberg-grey-glacier-torres-del-paine-national-park-warning
Science:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/122854653