Huge ice island could pose threat to oil, shipping

Huge ice island could pose threat to oil, shipping

This combination of two satellite images provided by NASA and taken on July 28, left, and Aug. 5, right, shows the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland. A giant ice island, seen in image at right, has broken off the Petermann Glacier. An island of ice more than four times the size of Manhattan is drifting across the Arctic Ocean after breaking off from a glacier in Greenland. Potentially in its path are oil platforms and shipping lanes.

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