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A 70-foot-tall Antarctic iceberg now adrift in sea ice.

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70-foot-tall Antarctic Iceberg

After breaking off from the Antarctic ice sheet, an iceberg about 70-feet-tall is adrift in sea ice. Changes to Antarctica's ice are not as dramatic as in the Arctic, but they remain an important component of the Earth system. Credit: NASA/Thorsten Markus