Death of the world's largest Antarctic iceberg traced from satellites

In three and a half years the iceberg broke up and thawed, having left a trace in the ocean environment, especially near the remote island South Georgia. Results of research are published in the Remote Sensing of Environment magazine. In July, 2017 the iceberg of A-68 broke away from Larsen's ice shelf From lengthways east coast of Antarctic Peninsula. At that time it was the biggest iceberg in the world and the sixth in size the ice massif in 30 years of supervision. Its area made nearly 5 800 km ² that State of Delaware is approximately equal to the size. In three and a half years the iceberg broke up and thawed, having left...