20 major glaciers in the Amundsen Sea Embayment - which is four times larger than the UK - are major contributors to global sea levels.
Tourists from all over the world are flocking to see it before it sinks like fabled Atlantis under the waves and is lost forever.
Despite the fact that climate change is indeed a very real and growing problem and does impact Antarctica, it has nothing to do with this iceberg.
Melting of the Antarctic ice cap is contributing to globally rising ocean levels. However, scientists have noticed that the rate of ice loss in one glacial section has slowed.
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