Massive Arctic Ice Shelf Breaks Loose

Phrogman writes: "CBC News in Canada, is reporting that "An ancient ice shelf the size of 11,000 football fields that broke off Ellesmere Island could be dangerous when it starts to drift in the spring, a scientist says. The collapse of the ice island's northern coast represents the largest breakup of its kind in the Canadian Arctic in 30 years, the head of a new global ice lab at the University of Ottawa said on Thursday."

The article notes "the remains of the Ayles shelf are about 15 kilometres long and five kilometres wide. The fragment is between 30 and 40 metres thick.". I don't think its a good time to be working in the Oilfields off the Grand Banks..."