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Article #7207Iceberg Alert
From: Don Francis
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 1995 00:00
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 1995 00:00
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The Antarctic Iceberg An iceberg, about the size of Prince Edward Island, broke away from Antarctica ice field a few days ago. Icebergs of such size are apparently normal once a century. The three that have been reported in the last decade have been cited as evidence of global warming at the Conference now going on in Berlin. After having heard the report on CBC radio news last week, however, I was struck by the image of this immense iceberg which is apparently headed toward South Africa. It is likely to melt, though, before it arrives. Is anyone actually tracking this iceberg? How long will it take to melt? How far is it likely to get? Are there
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10df74,3065059ba3d83b74,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10df74,public From: ba990@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Don Francis) Subject: Iceberg Alert Date: 1995/04/06 Message-ID: <D6MBFx.9q4@freenet.carleton.ca> X-Deja-AN: 100965089 sender: ba990@freenet2.carleton.ca (Don Francis) organization: The National Capital FreeNet reply-to: ba990@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Don Francis) newsgroups: ca.environment