File: Antarctica. 10th Nov, 2016. Aerial view of the Larsen C ice shelf taken November 10, 2016 in Antarctica. Larsen C broke off July 12, 2017 creating a giant iceberg twice the size of Luxembourg and changing the shape the Antarctic peninsula as it sets adrift in the Weddell Sea. At 5,800 sq km the new iceberg is half as big as the record-holding iceberg B-15 which split off from the Ross ice shelf in the year 2000, but it is nonetheless believed to be among the 10 largest icebergs ever recorded. Snapshot of the rift in the Larsen C on Nov. 10, 2016. Credit: Planetpix/Alamy Live News
Aerial view of the Larsen C ice shelf taken November 10, 2016 in Antarctica. Larsen C broke off July 12, 2017 creating a giant iceberg twice the size of Luxembourg and changing the shape the Antarctic peninsula as it sets adrift in the Weddell Sea. At 5,800 sq km the new iceberg is half as big as the record-holding iceberg B-15 which split off from the Ross ice shelf in the year 2000, but it is nonetheless believed to be among the 10 largest icebergs ever recorded.
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