ice shelf- the size of Manhattan

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<p>breaks off.</p>

<p>[Bloomberg.com:</a> Canada](<a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?)</p>

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Nearly the size of Manhattan, the 4,500-year-old Markham Ice Shelf separated from Ellesmere Island in early August and is now floating in the Arctic Ocean, said Luke Copeland, director of the Laboratory for Cryospheric Research at the University of Ottawa.

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