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An iceberg is a piece of fresh water ice more than 15 meters (16 yards) long that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and is floating freely in open water. Smaller chunks of floating glacially derived ice are called "growlers" or "bergy bits". Much of an iceberg is below the water's surface, which led to the expression … See more
The word iceberg is a partial loan translation from the Dutch word ijsberg, literally meaning ice mountain, cognate to Danish See more
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Prior to 1914 there was no system in place to track icebergs to guard ships against collisions despite fatal sinkings of ships by icebergs. In 1907, See moreThe freshwater injected into the ocean by melting icebergs can change the density of the seawater in the vicinity of the iceberg. Fresh melt water … See more
One of the most infamous icebergs in history is the iceberg that sank the Titanic. The catastrophe led to the establishment of an International Ice Patrol shortly after. Icebergs in both the … See more
Typically about one-tenth of the volume of an iceberg is above water, which follows from Archimedes's Principle of buoyancy; the density of pure ice is about 920 kg/m (57 lb/cu ft), and that of seawater about 1,025 kg/m (64 lb/cu ft). The contour of the underwater portion … See more
Iceberg B15 calved from the Ross Ice Shelf in 2000 and initially had an area of 11,000 square kilometres (4,200 sq mi). It broke apart in … See more
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