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Newfoundland, home of the world’s biggest iceberg parade
Andrew Eames December 7, 2018 Share this article Picture a scene where hundreds of bergs, some thousands of years old, are floating along the sea in an eye-catching ‘parade’. Andrew Eames heads to Iceberg Alley. So here’s a riddle for the well-traveled … What’s bigger than a multi-story car park, calves ‘growlers’, sinks ships, and […]
A Giant Iceberg Grounded Itself Near a Greenland Town
It’s retreated, but the risk of what happens with a grounded iceberg is almost luck of the draw. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b4cf63031fa181b2b21449a/master/pass/greeland-997468440.jpg
Enormous 4 mile long iceberg filmed breaking from Greenland glacier (VIDEO)
The moment a giant iceberg measuring 4 miles (6 km) in length broke off from a glacier in Greenland, sending huge chunks of ice crashing into the sea, was captured on camera by a team of scientists. Denise Holland, from New York University, filmed the fragmenting Helheim Glacier on June 22, while researching the causes […]
Inside Ilulissat, Greenland, the iceberg capital of the world
Share this article Ilulissat, Greenland. The land of icebergs, Inuit traditions, sled dogs, sea birds and Santa Claus. Follow photographer Lola Akinmade Åkerström’s journey through the ‘iceberg capital of the world.’ The eerie crackling of breaking ice. The crushing sound of iceberg meeting iceberg—slow moving giants the size of five-story buildings. The howling of sled dogs […]
“The Tip Of A Very Large Iceberg”
Leon Neal / Getty Images / Tom Phillips / BuzzFeed BuzzFeed News has uncovered a new network of suspected Twitter propaganda accounts – sharing messages about Brexit, Donald Trump, and Angela Merkel – that have close connections to the Russian-linked bot accounts identified by the social media platform in its evidence to the US Congress. […]
‘Tip of the iceberg’: Trump condemns Susan Rice for unmasking aides
President Donald Trump has taken aim at former national security advisor Susan Rice for unmasking members of his campaign team, whose identities were concealed in surveillance reports. Trump ripped into Rice as he was leaving Florida Thursday, where he surveyed the damage of Hurricane Irma. He was asked about CNN reporting that she admitted to […]
WATCH: Man rides PIZZA slice down Greenland iceberg before making dramatic crash landing
Video captured the extremely bizarre stunt by this bold man in Greenland. Ethan Pringle is a professional climber who was on an expedition with National Geographic in the freezing cold European country. The 31-year-old stripped down to his underpants before attempting his icy ride. Footage showed the San Francisco native jumping onto an iceberg before […]
New crack found in Antarctica ice shelf after 1 trillion ton iceberg breaks free
Published time: 20 Jul, 2017 21:55 An ice shelf in Antarctica is already showing a new crack, just a week after an iceberg dramatically broke free from the structure, according to researchers. The new rift was spotted by scientists from Project MIDAS who have been closely monitoring the Larsen C ice shelf and who first […]
News wrap: Trillion-ton iceberg breaks free, best drone photos of 2017 and more
From a serious mass extinction event and scientists studying Ethiopia’s Danakil Depression for clues to life on Mars, to a drug lord’s mansion being turned into a luxury resort, here’s your weekly wrap of adventure news from around the web. The winners of the Annual International Drone Photography Contesthave been announced and include some of […]
