Antarctica Breaking up ??

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From: Carlos Carrion
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1987 21:00

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Read in the paper this morning of an iceberg TWICE the size of
Rhode Island breaking off from Antarctica.  It broke off from the
Ross Ice field, near the Bay of Whales where Byrd set up his
Little America camp.  It's so big that the Bay has been eliminated
as a geological feature!!

There have been studies in the past regarding icebergs being brought to
LA offshore to supply water demands....

Well, here is out opportunity.  Let me see....Hmmm...if we give every
person in the LA area an icepick, and a small boat......... :-)

But seriously folks...I know the Earth's atmosphere is getting warmer.
Would this have anything to do with it or is the iceberg break off 
just an extraordinary event??

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