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As a result of a deep crack across the Larsen C ice shelf of Antarctica, a huge …


As a result of a deep crack across the Larsen C ice shelf of Antarctica, a huge iceberg was spawned on 12 July 2017. Europe’s Copernicus EU Sentinel-1 mission was used to monitor the rift’s progress, a network of fractures in the ice and the calving event. This is story of iceberg #A68

Iceberg A-68 has calved off the Larsen-C Ice Shelf in July 2017. Using European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite, scientists observed the A-68 …