An unusually geometric tabular iceberg floating near the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica this month, spotted by NASA’s cryospheric research division, NASA ICE.
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Residents of Ferryland Newfoundland, Canada witness the first iceberg of the season as it passes the South Shore, also known as “Iceberg Alley”.
(Pic: Jody Martin, Reuters)
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Recent work by Hawaiian artist Sean ‘The Hula’ Yoro at a North American glacier – oil painted transparent acrylic sheets applied to icebergs.
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Shots of the translucent blue underside of a flipped iceberg (free of snow and debris) taken by photographer Alex Cornell during a recent visit to Antarctica.
Such flips are rare, as up to 90% of the mass of an iceberg lies underwater. According to Science Focus, the events can cause minor tsunamis that have been known to swamp vessels nearby.
Youtuber osibaruch, who captured this footage last month, sez:
This Iceberg was “calved” by Argentina’s Uppsala glacier. While we were passing by it with a catamaran, the huge berg lost a part of itself (look at the right side sinking) and then flipped over with a huge roar. In the process of melting this happens all the time, but it is seldom that it is captured on video WHEN it happens…
Youtuber beanontheroadagain sez:
As funny as these Gentoo Penguins are, attempting to jump onto the huge iceberg, it’s a little unsettling to know there were 90 Orcas in the area on the hunt!