Vast iceberg breaks off near UK Antarctic base

London (AFP) Jan 23, 2023

A huge iceberg nearly the size of Greater London has broken off the Antarctic ice shelf near a research station, the second such split in two years, researchers announced Monday. The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) said the formation of the new iceberg - in a natural process called "calving" - was not due to climate change, which is accelerating the loss of sea ice in the Arctic and parts o