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Giant iceberg breaks from Antarctica
"For an ice floe to break off the Ross Ice Shelf is not uncommon at all," Zeller said. "But when a break like that occurs, it is a pretty spectacular thing."
From staff and wire reports
Zeller's party, which will include Dale Rummer, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, and two KU students, will be studying a glacier that is moving in a valley in the heart of the ice shelf. The group will stay until about mid December.
"The size of the iceberg in human terms is staggering. If you could somehow transport it to California and melt it, it would supply all the water needs of Los Angeles for the next 675 years," said Guy G. Guthridge of the foundation.
An iceberg twice as big as Rhode Island has broken away from Antarctica and is drifting in the Ross Sea, the National Science Foundation reported yesterday.
Edward Zeller, KU professor of geology, is scheduled to leave Lawrence on Nov. 14 for McMurdo Station and the Ross Ice Shelf. Scientists at the McMurdo Station reported the movement of the iceberg.
Zeller said that while the break was significant, it was not an unusual occurrence in the region.
The breakaway should not affect their research. Zeller said.
Zeller said the glacier had probably begun its split from the ice shelf several weeks ago.
Despite its size, the iceberg represents no threat to shipping in the region, the foundation said.
The driving iceberg is about 25 miles wide and 98 miles long, for an area of 2,450 square miles, the foundation said. Rhode Island, by comparison, has an area of about 1,200 square miles. The iceberg is estimated to be 750 feet thick.
The movement of the iceberg was reported by scientists at McMurdo Station, about 450 miles away, and was confirmed by satellite photos, officials said.
It broke from an ice shelf, a region of freshwater ice formed from snow. That ice has flowed, glacier-like, over time onto the sea surface from the Antarctic land mass. The floating ice near the coastline has many weak areas and large crevasses, scientists report.
"The major significance this has for us, besides the historical aspects, is that it will alter all our maps of the continent," said Terry R. Cooke, a Navy aerographer's mate stationed at McMurdo Station.
Despite its massive size, the floating block represents only three-hundredths of one percent of the total area of Antarctica.
The iceberg broke away from the
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ice shelf at a location known as the Bay of Whales, an inlet to the shelf near the locations of several camps constructed by explorer Richard E. Bvrd.
Unless the iceberg stops close by, its departure will alter the coastline to effectively eliminate the Bay of Whales as a geographic feature, scientists said.
While the iceberg could provide plenty of freshwater if towed to a dry
area, moving a berg poses a problem.
An Army study several years ago concluded that moving icebergs posed an "exciting possibility" but would require development of super tugboats plus efforts to prevent the bergs from melting on the way to their destinations.
Legislators question new insurance plan
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kansan reporter Mark Tilford contributed information to this story.
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TOPEKA — Eight Republican Kansas legislators formally requested Wednesday that the Post Audit Committee authorize an audit of the recently approved health insurance contract for state employees.
The contract with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, which takes effect Jan. 1., covers about 37,000 state employees and 6,000 retired employees. Employees are angry over what they say are increased premiums and reduced coverage.
The two minority leaders, Rep. Marvin Barkis of Louisburg and Sen. Michael Johnston of Parsons, sent a letter to Senate President Robert Talkington, R-Iola, asking him to set up a briefing for the Legislative Coordinating Council's Nov. 13 meeting.
In a letter to Rep. Robert H. Miller, R-Wellington, who is chairman of the Post Audit Committee, the legislators said "been some startling changes have been made in this proposal from
The letter was signed by House Speaker James Braden of Clay Center, House Majority Leader Joe Knopp of Manhattan, Sen. Jeanne Hoferer of Topeka, Sen. Alicia Salisbury of Topeka, Rep. Clinton Acheson of Topeka, Rep. Ginger Barr of Auburn, Rep. Bill Bunten of Topeka and Rep. Marvin Smith, also of Topeka. All are Republican.
"We believe that this issue should be examined and all parties heard," Johnston said. "Obviously, there is a large degree of concern among our state employees and a need for a full public briefing on the matter."
Blue Cross and Blue Shield when it is compared to previous health care coverage packages."
"With several thousand state workers across Kansas, we feel it is imperative that the state Legislature do everything in its power to look out for their interests," the letter said.
"That's why we have interim committees," he said.
leaders asked for a briefing on the state's contract.
But Talkington said he did not believe the Legislative Coordinating Council was the proper forum for the issue.
Sen. Paul Feleciano, D-Wichita,
said Tuesday he would seek an audit
of the contract after criticizing state
officials who negotiated it.
In their letter to Miller, the eight GOP lawmakers outlined what they wanted the Post Audit Committee to examine:
In an earlier development Wednesday, the Legislature's Democratic
How Blue Cross and Blue Shield recruited doctors for the program.
The fiscal claims the insurance company has made regarding premiums collected versus benefits paid.
- The record of state employee usage of the health care insurance coverage compared to other large insurance group users.
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