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Old 03-08-2010, 07:13 PM   #9293 (permalink)
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Shell wins again! You're up, hunny chi'l! That's a two-fer, Shell, congrats. Please note that if you read "the fine print" you'll find that it is not allowed to pass the baton twice in a row.



Iceberg B-15 was the largest iceberg in the world (measuring about 11,000 square kilometers) when it broke away from Western Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf in March 2000. It held that distinction for over three years until splitting into two pieces in early October, 2003. It was larger than the island of Jamaica. Note that after almost a decade, parts of B-15 still have not melted. Iceberg B-15 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



A sad twist of fate: The B15 iceberg killed millions of penguins when it came off the mainland in March of 2000 and blocked the animals' access to the open sea. Researchers of Scripps Institution of Oceanography said, 75 percent of penguins' population in the Adely colony had been killed due to the iceberg. Even today, tens of thousands of penguin chicks face starvation because their parents have limited access to food from the open sea.
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