claim: Or the news from Antarctica this past May, when a crack in an ice shelf grew 11 miles in six days, then kept going; the break now has just three miles to go — by the time you read this, it may already have met the open water, where it will drop into the sea one of the biggest icebergs ever, a process known poetically as ‘calving.’
evidences.evidence_id: Antarctica:380
evidences.article: Antarctica
evidences.evidence: The ice was being held back by a "thread" of ice about 6 km (4 mi) wide, prior to its collapse on 5 April 2009.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS REFUTES
evidences.evidence_id: Iceberg:96
evidences.article: Iceberg
evidences.evidence: "An Iceberg 30 Times the Size of Manhattan Is About to Break Off Antarctica".
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS REFUTES
evidences.evidence_id: Larsen Ice Shelf:170
evidences.article: Larsen Ice Shelf
evidences.evidence: "A giant crack in Antarctic ice is 'days or weeks' from breaking off a Delaware-size iceberg".
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Larsen Ice Shelf:42
evidences.article: Larsen Ice Shelf
evidences.evidence: Scientists with Swansea University in the UK say the crack lengthened 18 km (11 mi) from 25 May to 31 May, and that less than 13 km (8 mi) of ice is all that prevents the birth of an enormous iceberg.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Ross Ice Shelf:11
evidences.article: Ross Ice Shelf
evidences.evidence: Four days later, they found their way into open water and were hoping that they would have a clear passage to their destination.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO REFUTES