More than 100 icebergs heading towards N.Zealand
© Australian Antarctic Division 2008, Kingston Tasmania 7050
Icebergs continue march north
Hundreds of icebergs are spread over a large area around Macquarie Island drifting towards New Zealand.
They have calved from a larger iceberg that was perhaps 30 square km in area and originated from the Ross Ice Shelf nearly a decade ago.
On its journey to near Macquarie Island, that larger iceberg has drifted about a quarter of the way around the Antarctic coastline from where it formed, to the West Ice Shelf.
The first sightings were made by expeditioners on Macquarie Island nearly 3 weeks ago.
The icebergs vary in size from 50 metres up to 2 kilometres in length.
The Australian Antarctic Division is tracking their paths as they head north and east.
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more:
http://aqviva.dk/2009/11/massive-iceberg-mesmerises-macquarie-islanders/
