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For today’s Geo Quiz, we were looking for the name of the Antarctic ice shelf that’s gotten a lot smaller recently. A chunk of ice about the size of New York City has broken away and shattering into a mass of icebergs. The answer is the Wilkins Ice Shelf. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with glaciologist Ted Scambos.

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