Massive iceberg shears off after N. Zealand quake

13 years 2 months ago #30637 by Maverick V
Saw this on Yahoo news this morning and thought this was pretty interesting: news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110223/sc_afp/nze...keenvironmentglacier

That's a big chunk ice!


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13 years 2 months ago #30645 by Village Clown
I saw that too, as a cruise ship you might want to stand clear of that sucker!


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13 years 2 months ago #30745 by crystal
Damn! Is all I can say.
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13 years 2 months ago #30792 by Yasko
That's alot of Ice. I guess it's saying it fell into a lake. Good thing it did, it'd probably make a tsunami if it crashed into the open ocean


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13 years 2 months ago #30812 by Hawkins

Yasko wrote: That's alot of Ice. I guess it's saying it fell into a lake. Good thing it did, it'd probably make a tsunami if it crashed into the open ocean


:agree: I just saw something on discovery channel showing that


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13 years 2 months ago #30818 by rksanders
That would really be something to see on the spot. It's called "calfing" or "calving" by the way, I'm not sure of the spelling.


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13 years 2 months ago #30908 by Stealthy Ninja
Sorry that was me. :pinch:



What can I say?! My drink needed ice. :whistle:
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