Monday, November 23, 2009


Over 100 icebergs drifting to N.Zealand: official

AFP/HO/Getty Images/File – File photo shows an iceberg pictured off the New Zealand Coast. More than 100, and possibly hundreds, …

Mon Nov 23, 2:09 am ET

SYDNEY (AFP) – More than 100, and possibly hundreds, of Antarctic icebergs are floating towards New Zealand in a rare event which has prompted a shipping warning, officials said on Monday.

An Australian Antarctic Division glaciologist said the ice chunks, spotted by satellite photography, had passed the Auckland Islands and were heading towards the main South Island, about 450 kilometres (280 miles) northeast.

# posted by intcoex : 10:49 AM




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