The Halloween Crack, discovered in October 2016, is threatening the Brunt Ice Shelf

© Jan de Rydt, Northumbria University; British Antarctic Survey Giant iceberg enters "final phase" of breaking away from Antarctica
A huge iceberg, roughly twice the size of New York City, is set to soon break off from the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica. With two large cracks due to meet within the next few months, a research station has already been relocated