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+-   Huge Artic Ice Shelf Breaks Off -> on Wednesday September 03 2008, @04:30PM knarfling

Submitted by knarfling on Wednesday September 03 2008, @04:30PM
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knarfling writes "CNN is reporting that a chunk of ice shelf nearly the size of Manhattan has broken away from Ellesmere Island in Canada's northern Arctic. Just last month 21 square miles of ice broke free from the Markham Ice Shelf according to Arstechnica. Scientists are saying that Ellesmere Island has now lost more than 10 times the ice that was predicted earlier this summer. How long before the fabled Northwest Passage is a reality?"
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