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19-square-mile ice sheet breaks loose in Canada
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This handout photo shows the surface crack of the Ayles Ice Island, seen in 2007, on the north coast of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada. Two ice shelves in Canada's far north have lost massive sections since August while a third ice shelf now is adrift in the Arctic Ocean, said researchers Wednesday who blamed climate change. [Agencies]

This handout photo shows the surface crack of the Ayles Ice Island, seen in 2007, on the north coast of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada. Two ice shelves in Canada's far north have lost massive sections since August while a third ice shelf now is adrift in the Arctic Ocean, said researchers Wednesday who blamed climate change. [Agencies]



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