Cold Snap

Antarctic iceberg breaks in unexpected place

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press In this satellite image released by Commonwealth of Australia, a 60-mile long iceberg known as B9B, right, crashes into the Mertz Glacier Tongue Feb. 20 in the Australian Antarctic Territory.

WASHINGTON—With the dramatic crash of an iceberg against a glacier that dislodged a massive new chunk of ice, the mysterious continent of Antarctica once again did the unexpected.

A big chunk of ice, slightly smaller than Oahu, broke off from a place it wasn’t supposed to and in a way tha...

Published: 02/27/2010