Huge Ice Island Could Pose Threat To Oil, Shipping

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"An island of ice more than four times the size of Manhattan is drifting across the Arctic Ocean after breaking off from a glacier in Greenland.

Potentially in the path of this unstoppable giant are oil platforms and shipping lanes - and any collision could do untold damage. In a worst case scenario, large chunks could reach the heavily trafficked waters where another Greenland iceberg sank the Titanic in 1912."




http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129126030&sc=fb&cc=fp