In December 2016, NASA reported that a huge crack in the massive continent appeared on satellite imagery. At the time, it was reportedly 300 feet wide and stretched for 70 miles.
The massive crack is in Larsen C, a shelf floating off the Antarctic Peninsula.
Back in May, it was reported that all that was keeping the nearly 2,000 square mile piece of ice from floating way was 12 miles of ice, and scientists said it wasn’t likely to hold for much longer.
Experts warned that when the crack eventually spread across the entire ice shelf, it would create an iceberg the size of the state of Delaware.
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