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Formations Of Icebergs (1930)

1930 · Short film · 12 min

Synopsis

This silent German educational film details the formation of icebergs. An iceberg is a large piece of freshwater ice that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and is floating freely in open water. It may subsequently become frozen into pack ice (one form of sea ice). As it drifts into shallower waters, it may come into contact with the seabed, a process referred to as seabed gouging by ice. Because the density of pure ice is about 920 kg/m³, and that of seawater about 1025 kg/m³, typically…

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