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Scientists say Slow-Motion Collision Near Antarctic Research Station Imminent


01.06.05


It is an event so large that the best seat in the house is in space: a massive iceberg is on a collision course with a floating glacier
near the McMurdo Research Station in Antarctica.

NASA satellites have witnessed the 100-mile-long B-15A iceberg moving steadily towards the Drygalski Ice Tongue. Though the iceberg's pace has slowed in recent days, NASA scientists expect a collision to occur no later than January 15, 2005.



Go to URL for article and photo

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/ice_berg_ram.html



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Russian icebreaker to rescue U.S. base



Moscow, Russia, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A Russian icebreaker sent to rescue a U.S. Antarctic base is halfway there, Interfax news agency reported Thursday.


The icebreaker Krasin left Vladivostock on Russia's Pacific coast on Dec. 21 and is scheduled to rendezvous with an American icebreaker on the outer edge of the Antarctic ice pack on Jan. 20, Interfax said. The two ships will then seek to rescue the McMurdo research base.

The base at McMurdo Sound is the main scientific base of the Antarctica program of the U.S. National Science Foundation. The Krasin will clear the way for cargo ships carrying fuel, food and medicines. Otherwise the McMurdo station personnel would have to be evacuated, Interfax said

The rescue operation was requested by the U.S. government.

Traditionally, two icebreakers of the U.S. Coast Guard, Polar Sea and Polar Star, cater to the needs of the McMurdo station. However, their capacity is several times smaller than that of the Krasin and one of them is currently being repaired, the news agency said.


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Jan 7, 2005



New Zealand iceberg alert

ICEBERGS have been spotted in New Zealand waters for the first time in 56 years, with some of them as large as two miles wide, a scientist said yesterday.
The cluster of 15 icebergs, sighted near Campbell Island, about 450 miles south-east of New Zealand, could be a hazard to shipping, warned Lionel Carter, a scientist at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research.


Go to URL for entire article

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/interna ... d=16982005

Quite interesting ! Thanks for the links.

This is disturbing. I just watched a program on the Discovery channel about a section of rock predicted to fall off a volcano in the Canary Islands resulting in a 450 foot tidal wave for the Americas...so, my question is:

If this iceberg hits that glacier, couldn't large sections of ice cause the same effect?

Ice floats, so no mega tsunami.

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January 16 - but no news ??



Close encounters

January 16, 2005


" McMURDO STATION, Antarctica - An iceberg about the
size of Long Island is poised to hit the Drygalski Ice Tongue
and the son of Ludlow resident Ralph Pace is about 80 miles
away, working on marine research at McMurdo Station....
the huge iceberg was scheduled to reach the tongue
sometime yesteday...

The iceberg is decades old and is called B-15A. It broke off
from B-15, which is about the size of Texas.

B-15A could break up into smaller icebergs or bounce out
to sea and head north into the Pacific Ocean. "



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"By January 13, the gap had widened as the iceberg appeared to reverse its course, perhaps in response to being grounded, says Bindschadler."

http://desertblog.blogspot.com/2005/01/ ... y-not.html