Satellite time-lapse shows 45-mile long iceberg colliding with Clarence Island in Antarctica

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Satellite time-lapse shows 45-mile long iceberg colliding with Clarence Island in Antarctica
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Harry is a U.K.-based staff writer at Live Science. He studied Marine Biology at the University of Exeter (Penryn campus) and after graduating started his own blog site 'Marine Madness,' which he continues to run with other ocean enthusiasts. He is also interested in evolution, climate change, robots, space exploration, environmental conservation and anything that's been fossilized. When not at work he can be found watching sci-fi films, playing old Pokemon games or running (probably slower than

A massive iceberg around half the size of Rhode Island recently smashed into a penguin refuge in Antarctica, two years after it was birthed from a similar collision. But it seems to have caused minimal damage.

In late 2022, D-30A suddenly changed course and made a beeline for Clarence Island — the easternmost of the South Shetland Islands, which has a surface area around 10 times smaller than D-30A. On Sept.

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