Umfanekiso-Uphando lwe-Antarctic yaseBritane
Ukuba kungekudala kudala sikuxelele uqhekeko olothusayo lwalwenziwe kwiLarsen C PlatformKwilizwekazi iAntarctic, ngeli xesha sikuphathela into enokuba yenye yeendaba zamva nje ezivela kule shelufa inkulu yomkhenkce.
Indawo yayo yokuqhekeka ngoku ikufutshane kunangaphambili: ziikhilomitha ezili-13 kuphela, emva kokuba yandisiwe enye i-17km phakathi kuka-Meyi 25-31, ngokwembono evela kwiprojekthi ye-MIDAS.
Abaphandi u-Adrian Luckman kunye noMartin O'Leary babonisa nge-31 kaMeyi kwi blog ukusuka kwiprojekthi ye-MIDAS yokuba incam yomsantsa yayijike kakhulu kwicala elingaphambili lomkhenkce, ekubonakala ukuba libonisa ukuba ixesha lokophuka lisondele kakhulu. Kwityala, elona likhulu lomkhenkce elikhulu kula mashumi eminyaka akutshanje liya kubakho.
Ngapha koko, kuqikelelwa ukuba inokuba nendawo ye Iikhilomitha ezi-5.000 ezikwere. Xa kuthelekiswa, isiqithi saseMallorca (iBalearic Islands, eSpain) sine-3.640km2, kwaye ndikholelwe, mna ndihlala kuso ndinokuthi sikhulu kakhulu. Kuthatha iyure enye kunye nemizuzu engamashumi amabini ukusuka kwincam esemazantsi esiqithi, eSes Salines Lighthouse, ukuya kwincam esemantla (Pollensa), emalunga nama-85km.
Ngaloo ndlela, Iplatifomu yeLarsen C inokulahla ngaphezulu kwe-10% yendawo yayo yangoku. Kodwa ukongeza, abaphandi abayeki into yokuba ukwakheka komkhenkce kubangela ukuwohloka komkhenkce omkhulu, njengoko kwenzekayo ngo-2002 ngokuwohloka kweqonga laseLarsen B.
Konke oku ngumkhenkce kuya kuphela elwandle, kubangele ukuba izinga lenyuke. Kuncinci kakhulu, ewe, kodwa njengoko isijikelezi-langa sifudumala, ekupheleni kwenkulungwane yabantu abaphila kwiplanethi enguMhlaba banokunyanzelwa ukuba benze iimephu ezintsha.