Saturday, 30. December 2006

Topic: NATURE - on December 30, 2006 at 11:11:00 AM CET

Arctic ice shelf collapse poses risk: expert

An ancient ice shelf the size of 11,000 football fields that broke off Ellesmere Island could be dangerous when it starts to drift in the spring, a scientist says.

The collapse of the ice island's northern coast represents the largest breakup of its kind in the Canadian Arctic in 30 years, the head of a new global ice lab at the University of Ottawa said on Thursday.

A giant ice shelf the size of 11,000 football fields has snapped free from Canada's Arctic, scientists said.

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