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Published online 3 October 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news061002-6
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Demise of the world's most famous iceberg
Swell from Alaskan storm breaks up megaberg at opposite end of the globe.
It was hailed as a harbinger of global warming; it caused a glacial hit-and-run smash; it even terrorized a hapless group of penguins. And now, it has been revealed that the death of the world's most infamous modern-day iceberg was likewise worthy of a Hollywood film — it was broken up by a storm surge that swept the entire length of the Pacific Ocean.
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