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New crack
Antarctica detected a new crack in Pine Island Glacier. She was found by a German satellite TerraSAR-X.
According to scientists, in the near future is expected to form a new giant iceberg the size of New York, which will appear next to South America. This is the second crack in the glacier Pine Aylend.
The first crack was seen a year ago, but in September of this year, the satellite TerraSAR-X found on the left of the first one more. Large crack width is about 243 m depth in some places - 55 m, according to ABC News. Its length is about 30 km, while it continuously increases.
Source: zhelezyaka.com/novosti/raznoe/v-antarktide-obrazovalas-novaya-treschina-7538/
