Iceberg poses no threat to Antarctic personnel; Annual long-range supply effort, icebreaking operations are on schedule.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-17 December 2004-NSF: Iceberg poses no threat to Antarctic personnel; Annual long-range supply effort, icebreaking operations are on schedule(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12162004 Arlington, Va.-National Science Foundation (NSF) officials said today that iceberg B-15A is not blocking access to McMurdo Station, the U.

S. logistics hub for much of the nation's research activity in Antarctica, contradicting widely circulated reports to the contrary. Karl Erb, Director of NSF's Office of Polar Programs said the real effect of the enormous iceberg had been to shield large parts of the Ross Sea from wind and ocean currents, with the result that sea ice had formed over a larger area than usual in the sea-lanes approaching McMurdo Sound....