Huge Antarctic icebergs break away near NSF research hub.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-23 May 2002-US NSF: Huge Antarctic icebergs break away near NSF research hub (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05232002 Two new and very large icebergs broke away from the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica earlier this month in a natural "calving" process that returned the edge of the shelf to its pre-exploration position of the early 1900's, researchers say.

The icebergs were designated C-18 and C-19 by the Suitland, Md.-based National Ice Center (NIC), a joint operation of the U.S. Navy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the U.S. Coast Guard. Using data collected from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, NIC said that C-19, the larger of the two icebergs, is 199 kilometers (108 nautical miles)...