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Iceberg almost ten times bigger than Mumbai breaks off in Antartica

<p>One of the largest ever recorded iceberg has&nbsp;broken away from Antarctica, and now the trillion-tonne iceberg poses a serious hazard to ships and marine life</p>

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This file photo taken in November 2016 shows an image obtained from NASA showing the Antarctic Peninsula’s rift in the Larsen C ice shelf. Pics/AFP
This file photo taken in November 2016 shows an image obtained from NASA showing the Antarctic Peninsula’s rift in the Larsen C ice shelf. Pics/AFP

One of the largest ever recorded iceberg has broken away from Antarctica, and now the trillion-tonne iceberg poses a serious hazard to ships and marine life. Sciebntists were anticipating this to happen but since it is such a large chunk it may now pose a serious hazard to ships around the South Pole, scientists said on Wednesday.

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