Iceberg Hauling Could Help the World’s Thirstiest Regions A marine salvage expert is making an innovative (and bit crazy) proposal to tow a giant iceberg to Cape Town, and melting it down to drinking water to offer a solution to the water crisis. The idea is to tow icebergs thousands of miles from Antarctica to regions where water is scarce and could be brought to shore to produce […] Weather Kristen Strom | August 17, 2018 0 Comments
Huge Iceberg Drifts Perilously Close to Tiny Greenland Village | Evacuated Residents Fear Tsunami A huge iceberg has drifted close to a village in western Greenland, prompting a partial evacuation in case it splits and the resulting wave swamps homes. Residents of Innaarsuit fear the 330-feet high iceberg will break up and cause a tsunami The iceberg is looming over houses on a promontory in the Innaarsuit village but is grounded and did not move […] Steven Agar | July 16, 2018 0 Comments
Fishing Boat Saves Arctic Fox Stranded on Iceberg just Hours From Death Alan Russell of St. Lewis said his crab-fishing boat was just over four miles offshore when they spotted something on a nearby iceberg: an arctic fox reports CBC. “We seen something on the ice. Wasn’t sure what it was,” Russell told CBC’s Labrador Morning. “So we got up closer to it. It was a little fox, Arctic fox. And he wasn’t […] SnowBrains | June 29, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Cliff Diving off an Iceberg in Antarctica | Would You Do It? Orlando Duque traveled to Antarctica on a mission to accomplish one of his biggest dreams and raise consciousness about pole’s melting: cliff dive off an iceberg. Armed with just a crampon, two ice axes, and a 7mm thick neoprene suit, he ventured into the below 30°F waters and dived three times off a 66-foot iceberg. Would you do it? Steven Agar | May 30, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Hucking a 30-Footer Off a Greenland Iceberg on an Inflatable Pizza Slice This just looks fun! Ethan Pringle takes a victory lap after a six-week expedition in Greenland. “Our second to last day on the boat, headed back to civilization, we came across this perfect iceberg- a big ole mother with a long, perfectly angled slope that led to a 20 foot drop off. Well, I’m here to tell you folks, pizzas […] SnowBrains | August 14, 2017 0 Comments
Iceberg The Size of Delaware Has Finally Broken Off Of Antarctica | Will Likely Lead to Sea Level Rise Huge Antarctic iceberg finally breaks free by the British Antarctic Survey July 12th, 2017 After months of ‘hanging by a thread’ a vast iceberg the size of Norfolk has finally broken off Antarctica’s Larsen C Ice Shelf. Around 30 metres of this 190m thick block of ice sits above the sea surface. Scientists now have opportunities to study the stability […] Industry News Guest Author | July 12, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Iceberg Size of 2 Manhattan’s About To Break Off of Antarctica… That's one big ice shelf. Posted by I fucking love science on Sunday, March 20, 2016 An iceberg larger than 2 Manhattan’s is about to break off of Antarctica. The Nansen Iceshelf has developed a big crack and its about to go. After the iceshelf goes, the glaciers behind it will begin to deteriorate. Things are changing in Antarctica. […] Brains The Brains | March 20, 2016 0 Comments
New England’s Cold Snowy Winter Has Produced Icebergs It’s been so cold and snowy in New England this year that icebergs are washing up on Cape Cod, MA. WBZ meteorologist is calling it a “once-in-a-generation” event. These aren’t real icebergs, of course. These “icebergs” are made of snow and ice, not of glacier ice. Regardless, it’s a sight to see and something we may not see again in New England. For a bit, Cape Cod looked like a scene right out of the Arctic Ocean. It’s been so cold and snowy in New England this year that icebergs are washing up on Cape Cod, MA. WBZ meteorologist is calling it a “once-in-a-generation” event. These aren’t real icebergs, of course. These “icebergs […] Weather SnowBrains | March 11, 2015 0 Comments