The Larsen C shelf will lose more than 10 percent of its total surface area. This November 10, 2016, image obtained from NASA shows the Antarctic Peninsula's rift in the Larsen C ice shelf from NASA's IceBridge mission Digital Mapping System. When it finally calves from the Larsen C ice shelf, one of the biggest icebergs in recorded history will be set adrift – some 6,600 square kilometres in total, according to the European Space Agency (ESA). Please join us on our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/bangkokpostlearningA chunk of ice bigger than the Thai province of Phrae is hanging by a thread from the West Antarctic ice shelf, satellite images revealed Wednesday. This handout picture received from NASA via Swansea University on June 1, 2017 shows an aerial view of the Larsen C ice rift in Antarctica.

Source: Bangkok Post July 06, 2017 03:45 UTC