Antarctica is not much more than a short paddle away.
Satellite images show the runaway disintegration of a 414-square-kilometre chunk of ice in western Antarctica, on the edge of the Wilkins ice shelf. This disintegration started on February 28 and finally broke off on 29 March.
A direct result of global warming.
Because scientists noticed satellite images within hours, they diverted satellite cameras and even flew an airplane over the ongoing collapse for rare pictures and video. Scary is not the word.
