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Ice dam breaks early

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A huge ice dam on Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier is about to break apart for the first time during the southern hemisphere winter.

The 60 metre high wall of ice which holds back a portion of Lake Argentina, breaks apart in annual cycles but always in summer.

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