Sea ice area around Antarctica increased by more than 1,400 Manhattans overnight, and set another daily record. It was the third highest area ever recorded at either pole, and is only 300 Manhattans away from breaking the all-time record for any day of the year.
arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/timeseries.south.anom.1979-2008
Earlier this summer, Seth Borenstein got hysterical when two Manhattans of ice went adrift.
Petermann Glacier In Greenland Breaks Off Iceberg Twice The Size Of Manhattan
Rotten Berg though…pretty soon we just won’t know what a good berg looks like.