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Halloween Crack
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- A large iceberg, measuring 375 square kilometres, broke off from Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf recently.
- The iceberg that broke off was named A-83.
- Iceberg A-83 was first spotted off the Brunt Ice Shelf in the eastern Weddell Sea.
- It broke from a rift known as the “Halloween Crack”.
- Although iceberg calving is normal, the Brunt Ice Shelf is feeling the same pressures as elsewhere around Antarctica, including low sea ice conditions.
- First spotted on 31 October 2016, the Halloween Crack runs from an area known as McDonald Ice Rumples.
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