Environmental

‘The Largest Iceberg in Decades Broke Free From a North American Glacier – And No One Noticed’ (Videos)

BRITISH COLUMBIA–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2016

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By Pakalolo

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Acquired August 27, 2016
Porcupine Glacier is a 12 and a half mile long outlet glacier of an icefield in the Hoodoo Mountains in northern British Columbia. During late August of 2016 it calved a large iceberg but it was just recently discovered via satellite images. It took us almost two months to notice what’s been described as“the biggest calving event in North America” in recent memory. The ice chunk…

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