The Big Rift; Larsen C Ice Shelf and the birth of an Alpha Iceberg

Update: 2017-06-29

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We talk to one of the experts from Project MIDAS, Professor Adrian Luckman of Swansea University in Wales, about the dramatic rift growing across the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica, and the pending birth of what will be one of the largest icebergs ever

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The Big Rift; Larsen C Ice Shelf and the birth of an Alpha Iceberg

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The Big Rift; Larsen C Ice Shelf and the birth of an Alpha Iceberg

The Big Rift; Larsen C Ice Shelf and the birth of an Alpha Iceberg