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19-square-mile ice sheet breaks loose in Canada
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-09-04 09:02

This handout image shows Markham Fiord in August 2008 after the Markham Ice Shelf broke away. Two ice shelves in Canada's far north have lost massive sections since August while a third ice shelf now is adrift in the Arctic Ocean, said researchers Wednesday who blamed climate change. [Agencies]