Huge iceberg drifting along Greenland coast
A huge iceberg – almost six kilometers long and four kilometers wide – is currently drifting along the eastern coast of Greenland, according to the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI).
The iceberg has traveled a distance of about 1,200 kilometers and is, according to the DMI, entering a new phase.
"We can expect it to break up into smaller icebergs as it continues to drift south," says Hans Henrik Light, an ice analyst at the DMI, in a press release.
Large, plateau-shaped icebergs drift with the pack ice along Greenland's eastern coast during the winter and spring and reach southern Greenland during the summer. At that time, they usually measure a modest 200–500 meters.
- We only see icebergs three to six kilometers across, like this one, every two or three years, says Hans Henrik Light.
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