Arctic ice island breaks in half (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

By David Shukman
BBC science and environment correspondent

The giant Ayles Ice Island drifting off Canada's northern shores has broken in two - far earlier than expected.

In a season of record summer melting in the region, the two chunks have moved rapidly through the water - one of them covering 98km (61 miles) in a week.

Their progress has been tracked amid fears they could edge west towards oil and gas installations off Alaska.

The original Manhattan-sized berg (16km by five km; 10 miles by three miles) broke off the Ayles Ice Shelf in 2005.

I joined a team that landed on the ice island in May to carry out the first scientific investigation into what many see as a key indicator of global warming.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7022192.stm

[XemaSab]

1. Ironically

I only learned about Eureka, Nunavut about 1/2 hour ago. :)

[pansypoo53219]

2. the north pole cam

has been out since the SEA was rough. i think it may have sank.

[NNadir]

3. Some people look at this ice sheet and say it's broken in half.

Other people look at it and say "now we have two big blocks of ice instead of just one big block of ice."

Other people look at it and say, a few hundred more splits in two and they'll make great ice cubes to grind up and make daquiris with.

Some people are so negative.

[hatrack]

4. Yeah, what's up with all these negative people?

Do they hate freedom and America? Could be!!

[NNadir]

5. They just lack a sense of humor, that's all.

I think we all realize that all that ice was making it very difficult for oil rigs in the arctic.

Now we can get at that oil!!!!

What about that, all you negativists?!?

[hatrack]

6. You're not calling ME a negativist freedumb-hater . . . .

ARE you?!?