A crucial crack in an Antarctic ice sheet grew 11 miles in only 6 days.

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By Amelia UrryJun 1, 2017, 5:12 pm169 pts
The widening rift in the Larsen C ice shelf in West Antarctica has reached a (relative, for ice) fever pitch in the past few months, stretching for more than 110 miles and gaping more than 1,000 feet across. In just the last couple of days, the crack grew another 11 miles and took a sharp right turn toward the…

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