New satellite images show the massive iceberg that broke away from the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica on Sunday night. It has an area of 600 square miles (1,550 km²) - almost the size of Greater London.
All of the 21 staff working at the Halley Research Station with the British Antarctic Survey were completely safe, and had been preparing for this eventuality.
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