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Ice Island Survives Run-In With Joe Island

In summer 2026, a substantial iceberg calved from Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland and swiftly drifted into Nares Strait, colliding with an island along the way.

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Ice Island Survives Run-In With Joe Island
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CurrentWire ranked this story 66.9 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.

Freshness
29.4 of 35
Source authority
20 of 20
Coverage breadth
4 of 20
Geographic relevance
3.5 of 10
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10 of 10
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0 of 5

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