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Icebergs afloat A flotilla of about one hundred…

by Miraz on 11 November 2006 · 2 comments

Apparently we have icebergs headed our way: Icebergs ahead: A flotilla of about one hundred icebergs has been sighted about 260 kilometres from the lower South Island. The largest iceberg is about two kilometres long and 120 metres high. Niwa scientists believe they are remnants of A-43, a 167 kilometre long superberg that broke off [...]

Apparently we have icebergs headed our way: Icebergs ahead:

A flotilla of about one hundred icebergs has been sighted about 260 kilometres from the lower South Island. The largest iceberg is about two kilometres long and 120 metres high. Niwa scientists believe they are remnants of A-43, a 167 kilometre long superberg that broke off the Ronne Ice Shelf near the Antarctic Peninsula in May 2000.

[Via Hazard Fact.]

What gets me is that these icebergs are already 6 years old and haven’t melted yet. Amazing!

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{ 2 comments }

1 Eric 18 November 2006 at 21:08 46

They make great pictures (desktop?)
I would like to se more published.Any around?
Eric

2 Michael 17 February 2008 at 00:15 50

So are they a hazard to shipping–or anything else?

I like your photo gallery.

Cheers,

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