# Iceberg Tearing up Antartica
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iceberg-tearing-up-antartica/304402
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [May 18, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iceberg-tearing-up-antartica/304402 "2005-05-18T13:55:17Z")
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iceberg-tearing-up-antartica/304402/1 "2005-05-18T13:55:17Z")
Well, bits of sticking-out ice peninsulas anyway:
[http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20050517/sc\_space/wildicebergtearsupantarctica](http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20050517/sc_space/wildicebergtearsupantarctica)
I recall the earlier storiers about B-15, the parent of B-15A, but I didn’t recall that it was as big as Jamaica!
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2005, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iceberg-tearing-up-antartica/304402/2 "2005-05-18T14:17:28Z")
What’s the word on the penguins?
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### Author:  [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iceberg-tearing-up-antartica/304402/3 "2005-05-18T16:06:16Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> What’s the word on the penguins?
They ain’t natural.
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### Author:  [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iceberg-tearing-up-antartica/304402/4 "2005-05-18T16:41:02Z")
How could you not quote the wonderful opening line of the linked article?
“_A huge wandering iceberg is tearing up the Antarctic like a slow-moving bull in a frozen China shop._”