Tracking the World's largest Iceberg B 15

The B15 Antarctic iceberg was the world's largest recorded iceberg, with an area of over 11,000 km² it was larger than the island of Jamaica. It calved from the Ross Ice Shelf in March 2000, breaking up into several pieces in 2002 and 2003. The largest of these, B-15A, was the world's largest free-floating object—it was 122 km (76 miles) long, 27 km (17 miles) wide, and covered an area of 3,100 km² (1,200 mile², or approximately the size of Luxembourg). In November 2003, after the separation from B-15J iceberg, B-15A drifted away from Ross Island on the open waters of the Ross Sea. In December 2003 a small knife-shaped iceberg, B-15K (about 300 km²), detached itself from the main body of B-15A and started drifting northward. In 2005 prevailing currents took B-15A slowly past the Drygalski ice tongue; the collision broke off the tip of Drygalski in mid-April. Then the iceberg sailed on along the coast leaving McMurdo Sound until it ran aground off Cape Adare in Victoria Land and broke into several smaller pieces on 27--28 October 2005. According to satellite data, extensive ice cover reduced both the area suitable for phytoplankton growth and the length of the algal growing season, causing the observed 40 percent drop in phytoplankton, which affected the entire food chain -- from krill to penguins.

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1. who ever put the irritating cunty music is an assholes asshole
2. How tall is this berg above the water line? Please tell...
3. Let's get real shit-for-brains. Only Americans Registered Republican can have any possible effect on climate, even if they're doing everything right.
   
   Y'know, at least say what you believe out loud so we can tar and feather your dirty leftist ass!
   
   I hope President Trump or President Cruz sends the IRS to your door AND YOUR JOB every single day of his administration.
4. billions of years its been happening
5. this has been happning since glaicers were here do not be fooled
6. We will never control climate ! The SUN WILL TILL THE END OF THE EARTH. WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM VOLCANOS ! DONT BE FOOLED BY THE LIBS LEFTYS !!
7. Chuck Norris wanted some ice cubes in his whisky...
8. Wtf is up with the creepy music???
9. Ps. 70% of the iceberg is underwater!
10. btw, this is only the tip of the iceberg :O
11. So tis ice berg is 300km long :O
12. I'm waiting for a Chuck Norris joke. Anyone?
13. we only control what happens to the climate.whatever we do affects the climate. therefore it changes because of our terrible doings.
14. kinda has the same shape as an aircraft carrier
15. @bigcool89 Fact #1 co2 is a very minor trace gas Fact #2 water vapor is the main green house gas making up 95% of the green house effect Fact #3 co2 on average follows temp by 800 years Fact # 4 temp has not increased in over a decade Fact # 5 10,000 years ago there was a mile of ice over the northern part of the USA Fact #6 10,000 years ago the seas were 400 feet lower Fact # 7 the seas are not raising any faster than 100 years ago
16. Well According to the news, there is no way we are able to fix the melting glaciers in the north pole.
17. @bumr055 lol! I think it is! ... and he looks totally cereal.
18. @N1k1mon You are correct but it's so slow and suttle that you won't see it in your life time or your childrens childrens life time. The liberal media is making it seem like it's going to happen tomorrow and the big goverment is trying to get votes and make a profit off of it.
19. Yes the planet is warming up it's called a cycle it happens every 800,000 years or so I could be wrong on the years but man has nothing to do with it. We are going back into another iceage slow and suttle and the Al Gores of the planet want to make a profit off of it!
20. #LOL @ 0:32 ... Is that manbearpig I see in the bottom right corner?