The Larsen C ice shelf break has sparked groundbreaking research
Anticipation of one of the biggest rifts ever detected reached a fever pitch in summer 2017
![Larsen C ice shelf break](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/122317_3_larsen_c_main_REV.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
WIDENING GULF A Delaware-sized iceberg calved when a crack in the Larsen C ice shelf reached the Weddell Sea this year. In this satellite image from September, rifts are visible in the ice and clouds cast a shadow on the new iceberg.
NASA Earth observatory, joshua stevens, Landsat data, USGS