article_snippet.sent: Once in a while, a colossal chunk of ice breaks free from Antarctica's majestic landscape and drifts out into the ocean.
article_snippet.sent: The monster iceberg, larger than Manhattan, was spotted breaking away from West Antarctica's Getz Ice Shelf by the U.S. National Ice Center (NIC).
article_snippet.sent: Last month, Nasa captured a 17 miles (27km) long iceberg being born in West AntarcticaGetz Ice Shelf.
article_snippet.sent: The image on the left shows the landscape before the iceberg broke three and on the right the monster berg floating in the ocean .
article_snippet.sent: Measuring 17 miles (27km) long, iceberg B-34 appears to have fractured and moved out into in the Amundsen Sea sometime in mid- to late-February 2015, Nasa said.
article_snippet.sent: B-34 is the 34th iceberg from the 'B' quadrant of Antarctica to be tracked by the NIC. 
article_snippet.sent: The new berg is still smaller, however, than the much older B-15T- a fragment of B-15 that initially broke off from the Ross Ice Shelf in March 2000.
article_snippet.sent: The first image (left) shows the iceberg on February 16, when The first image (left) was still attached to the Ross Ice Shelf.
article_snippet.sent: B-34 is the 34th iceberg from the 'B' quadrant of Antarctica to be tracked by the NIC. 
article_snippet.sent: Researchers have shown, however, that even more fresh water comes from the melting of smaller and much more numerous bergs.
article_snippet.sent: The Amundsen Sea has long been thought to be the weakest ice sheet in the West Antarctic.
highlights_snippet.sent: Iceberg fractured from Getz Ice Shelf and moved into the Amundsen Sea sometime in mid- to late-February .
  