[quote]AN ice island more than 40 times the size of Uluru has broken off from one of Greenland's two main glaciers.
Sky News reported scientists said the calving, discovered Thursday by the Canadian Ice Service, was the biggest event of its kind in the Arctic in nearly 50 years.
A chunk of ice was predicted to come away from the Petermann Glacier - one of Greenland's two largest - but never at this scale.
NASA images show the island has an area of 259 sq km and a thickness up to half the height of the 443m Empire State Building.
The island will first enter the remote Nares Strait, about 998km south of the North Pole between Greenland and Canada.
Andreas Muenchow, professor of ocean science and engineering at the University of Delaware, said the island's future course remains open.
It could fuse to land, break up into smaller pieces or slowly move south where it could block shipping, he said.
Prof Muenchow said it was difficult to be sure the event occurred due to global warming because records on the sea water around the glacier have only been kept since 2003.
The flow of sea water below the glaciers is one of the main causes of ice calvings off Greenland.
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[url=http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/iceberg-as-big-as-40-ulurus-breaks-free-from-greenland-glacier-heads-for-nares-strait/story-e6frfku0-1225902517979]source[/url]
I have a feeling this topic will drift into the land of bone-chilling puns.
Fail Pun, also Greenland will be flooded?
[QUOTE=RobMckenzie;23895035]Fail Pun, also Greenland will be flooded?[/QUOTE]
That's a pretty chilling thought.
Finally, freedom and independence to those poor iceburgs! After so many years, they did it!
[QUOTE=starpluck;23895049]That's a pretty chilling thought.[/QUOTE]
These puns make my head hurt, like brain freeze.
Just on time for [url=http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=977897]Titanic 2[/url].
[QUOTE=RobMckenzie;23895079]These puns make my head hurt, like brain freeze.[/QUOTE]
:iceburn:
[QUOTE=Doctor_Communism;23895265][img]http://media.gamerevolution.com/images/misc/image/arnold-dr-freeze.jpg[/img]
[B]I got nothi'n.[/B][/QUOTE]Chill out
This thing is 5 times the size of Bermuda...
[img]http://www.mokara.de/portfolio/images/stories/montagen/titanic2.jpg[/img]
It's coming.
[editline]11:43AM[/editline]
[QUOTE=PieClock;23895126]Just on time for [url=http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=977897]Titanic 2[/url].[/QUOTE]
Damn you, you ninja
[QUOTE=Arachnidus;23896095]
It's coming.
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I literally froze when I saw that. :confused:
[QUOTE=starpluck;23895049]That's a pretty chilling thought.[/QUOTE]
Icy what you did there.
[QUOTE=JDK721;23896250]Icy what you did there.[/QUOTE]
That post sent chills down my spine.
[QUOTE=Arachnidus;23896095]
Damn you, you ninja[/QUOTE]
Um.. I posted about an hour before you?
Despite all the puns, this isn't very good for the environment
[editline]05:19PM[/editline]
the iceberg, not the puns
there is a [B]ship-sinkingly[/B] large amount of puns here
temperature pun
That's really unfortunate.
[I]Cool[/I] story bro.
Looks like the situation is really hotting up
this thread is so..:v:
Looks like it won't be a nice day for the people who have to monitor it.
[QUOTE=PieClock;23896514]Um.. I posted about an hour before you?[/QUOTE]
:iceburn:
[quote]the Canadian Ice Service[/quote]
We're making this too easy for the Americans
[QUOTE=Adsone;23895284]OH FUCK IT'S THE SIZE OF ULURU?! How big is that?[/QUOTE]
[img]http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/4121/008uluruhorizonx.jpg[/img]
Uluru.
[editline]08:31PM[/editline]
Use your imagination.
[QUOTE]OH FUCK IT'S THE SIZE OF ULURU?! How big is that?[/QUOTE]
About the size of Dragon's ego.
oh yeah i went there
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