Massive Ice Island Breaks Off Greenland Glacier | Video
3,525 views · Published 19 October 2012 · 1:21 · Indexed 19 October 2026
Channel: VideoFromSpace · 2012 · Science & Technology
An island of ice half the size of Manhattan broke off Greenland's Petermann Glacier this past summer. Called 'calving', this is the second time in three years a piece of ice this large as broken off the glacier.
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